The United Kingdom Police have arrested King Charles’ younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
According to reports, the 66-year-old Andrew was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Police did not name the individual they arrested but confirmed the arrest of “a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk”.
The former prince, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s second son, has faced various allegations tied to Jeffrey Epstein for several years now.
He had always denied any wrongdoing in this context and said that he regrets their friendship, after several stays on Epstein’s island.
Last November, the British royal family said it had begun the “formal” process of stripping the 66-year-old, whose birthday falls on February 19, of his titles and residence.
Among other things, this came amid the launch of a posthumous memoir written by Virginia Giuffre, who described three alleged sexual encounters with the then-prince in her book. She took her own life last April.
The more recent release of Epstein communications included many emails from a man who went by the email ID of either “A” or “The Duke.”
The anti-monarchy group Republic reported the former Duke of York to police regarding files they said suggested that he had forwarded reports about official visits to Vietnam, Singapore and other places in 2010.
In the UK, misconduct in public office is what’s known as a “common law offense,” that is a crime that’s been established by a combination of legal precedent and custom, not by a formal act of parliament.
Police had previously said that this makes the current investigation particularly complex.
What does this mean for the British royal family and public trust in its institutions?
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