Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on misconduct charges

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody - Reuters​

Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.

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Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.

The photo, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble, went viral when it was published late on Thursday. It shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles, after he was released from police custody following a day of questioning over allegations he sent confidential government documents to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

When news that Mountbatten-Windsor had been arrested broke early on Thursday, Manchester-based Noble began the six-hour drive south to Norfolk.

Journalists knew the former prince had been arrested in Norfolk - the county that is home to the royal Sandringham estate where he resides. Since officers from Thames Valley Police - covering southeast England - were questioning him, there were potentially 20 or more police stations where he could have been held.

Following a tip, Noble headed to the police station in the historic market town of Aylsham.

Not much was going on, Noble said. There were a couple of other members of the media there, including Reuters video journalist Marissa Davison.

Six or seven hours went by. Darkness fell. Still, nothing was happening. It seemed like this was the wrong station - after all, it was well over an hour's drive from Mountbatten-Windsor's home.

The team of two Reuters journalists decided to book rooms at a hotel. Noble packed up and started heading down the road towards it.

Minutes later, he got a call from Davison. Mountbatten-Windsor's cars had arrived.

Noble raced back, just in time to see the two vehicles leaving, at high speed. The front car contained two police officers, so Noble aimed his camera and flash at the car behind.

He took six frames in all - two showed police, two were blank, one was out of focus. But one captured the unprecedented nature of the moment: for the first time in modern history, a senior royal was being treated as a common criminal.
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How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody

Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.
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Andrew 'must do the decent thing' and remove himself from the line of succession, demand MPs and majority of public after his arrest - Daily Mail​

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was today urged to do 'the decent thing' and remove himself from the royal line of succession following his arrest over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

The former prince, who turned 66 yesterday, has lost all his titles but remains eighth in line to the British throne.

Today a new YouGov poll, carried out after his arrest, revealed that around four out of five Britons (82%) believe Andrew should be removed from the line of succession. Just over one in 20 (6%) said he should remain.

Downing Street is under increasing pressure to remove him using an historic Act of Parliament - if Andrew refuses to do it himself.

Andrew Bowie, a senior Tory MP, said it would be 'the decent thing' for Andrew to now voluntarily give up his place in the line of succession.

'I think it would be the decent thing,' the shadow Scotland secretary said.

'Of course, if he's found guilty of this, I think Parliament would be well within its rights to act to remove him from the line of succession.

'But, let's remember, he's not been found guilty of anything just yet – he has yet to be charged with anything'.

Mr Bowie told GB News: 'So we have to let the police investigation run its course, and I think we should all act accordingly subsequent to that.'

As Andrew was bailed by police and hiding in Sandringham, it also emerged:
Yesterday Andrew became the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested after he was held in custody for around 11 hours on his 66th birthday.

He was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following accusations he shared sensitive information with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein during his time as the UK's trade envoy.

Searches were carried out at Andrew's Norfolk home and he was later released under investigation by Thames Valley Police.

Andrew lost his royal titles and left his Royal Lodge residence in Windsor in October following fresh scrutiny of his links to Epstein. Royal Lodge continues to be searched.

Yet he remains eighth in line to the throne, just behind the children of Prince Harry, with an act of Parliament needed to formally remove Andrew.

Andrew has denied any wrongdoing over his Epstein links, but has not directly responded to the latest allegations.
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Andrew told to remove himself from the monarchy's line of succession

The former prince on Thursday became the first senior royal in modern history to be arrested after he was held in custody for around 11 hours on his 66th birthday.
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News i'm watching now (i'm overseas) says new info shows Charles knew about suspicious messaging between Epstein and Andrew in 2019... Doesn't make sense though, surely he would have done something.
 
neoprema said:
News i'm watching now (i'm overseas) says new info shows Charles knew about suspicious messaging between Epstein and Andrew in 2019... Doesn't make sense though, surely he would have done something.
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Here's the thing, he might have. But with being all prim and proper like, it would not be in the media. Also remember, the Queen was still around then and dictated what was shared. She had a soft spot for Andrew, but was also hard as nails if anybody cast negativity on the Royal family, their own included. She abhorred the media. I doubt Charles had any say at the time.
 
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Here's the thing, he might have. But with being all prim and proper like, it would not be in the media. Also remember, the Queen was still around then and dictated what was shared. She ha a soft spot for Andre, but was also hard as nails if anybody cast negativity on the Royal family, their own included. She abhorred the media. I doubt Charles had any say at the time.
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Yeah, that's a very fair assessment I think. There's also the natural desire to protect one's family that must have played a role. Whether that's fair and reasonable or not would depend on what they actually knew and how bad it was, which we don't know at this point.
 
neoprema said:
News i'm watching now (i'm overseas) says new info shows Charles knew about suspicious messaging between Epstein and Andrew in 2019... Doesn't make sense though, surely he would have done something.
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I was actually wondering the other day how much the Queen knew. I read somewhere that his security detail turned a "blind eye" to his activities. I find it hard to believe that at least some of this info didn't get back to her.
 
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