Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested (On His Birthday)

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Edited by Marita Moloney and Dulcie Lee

  1. How long can police hold Andrew for? published at 21:50​

    Our colleagues at BBC Radio 5 Live have been speaking to Danny Shaw, a policing commentator, about what Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest actually involves.
    Shaw says the absolute longest the former prince can be held for is 96 hours - but this would require multiple extensions from senior police officers and a Magistrate's Court.
    In most cases suspects are held for 12 or 24 hours and are then either charged or released pending further investigation, Shaw says.
    Andrew will be placed in "a cell in a custody suite" with just "a bed and a toilet", where he will wait until his police interview. Shaw says "there'll be no special treatment for him".
    As a reminder, we don't know what time Andrew was arrested or where he is being held.

  2. What we don't know yet about Andrew's arrest published at 21:40​

    There's still a lot we don't know about this morning's development.
    We know Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and that he is in custody - but we are still waiting for some significant details. They are:
    • The specifics of the allegations being investigated by police
    • What information prompted Thames Valley Police to arrest the former prince
    • Where Andrew is currently being held
    • Whether he has been interviewed under caution yet

    ​

    Significant development on Andrew's connections with Epstein published at 21:20​

  3. Lucy Manning
    Special correspondent
    My understanding is that there’s been a very significant development in the investigation into the Epstein files. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested this morning on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
    That goes back to documents from when he was a trade envoy, that are alleged to have been passed to Epstein.
    It was the Mail Online this morning that had some pictures of what looked like police officers near the Sandringham Estate. I was able to confirm that there has been an arrest made this morning.
    It’s Thames Valley Police who have been looking into these allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
    They have been looking into allegations of misconduct in public office and allegations that a second woman was sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
    My understanding is that this arrest is just about the misconduct in public office and obviously a very significant moment that the former prince has been arrested.
    He has previously strenuously denied any wrongdoing on any of these matters related to Epstein.

    There is more live news here:- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office - live updates
 
CallMeKate said:
Maybe someone (his ex? :unsure:) will bake him a birthday cake with a file to break out?
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Speaking of Ex-es, I saw on the news that Sara Ferguson wrote to Epstein after he was convicted of sex trafficking. From Bing:
"London: Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Britain’s former prince Andrew, called late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “legend” and the “brother I have always wished for”, according to newly-released documents."

And here's a report that says she begged him for an assistant's job.
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I'm hearing it's about divulging or selling state secrets. Sex issues/crimes is a different story

Epstein was a facilitator for 'deals' as much as anything else. The rich and powerful knew this and hung with him to network with others. Throw in some blackmail Epstein could get or arrange anything he or friends wanted.
 
Rae said:
The news about Prince Andrew has been the top story this morning. I haven't followed the story but I guess the King thinks the law has to be followed. It seems to be connected with the Epstein files.
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the king apparently was not made aware ..if we believe the media... the Police for the first time in at least modern history pounced on a RF member without prior knowledge of the Palace...
 
A convoy of police has arrived at Royal Lodge in Windsor as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has now spent more than six hours in custody on his 66th birthday following his arrest after a raid on Sandringham today.

The former Duke of York can be questioned and held without charge for 24 hours from the moment he arrived at a police station on Thursday morning.

With Andrew's current location being kept secret, multiple sources have confirmed that King Charles was not warned in advance that his younger brother was to be arrested by officers from Thames Valley Police.

The monarch has said in an unprecedented statement that 'the law must take its course' after expressing his 'deepest concern' after his younger brother was held on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Charles III revealed that the police will have his 'wholehearted support and co-operation'.

Calling for a 'full, fair and proper process', the King added: ‘My family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all’.
 
Epstein revealed in an email that he had secretly bankrolled Sarah Ferguson for 15 years.

The paedophile said that he began 'financially supporting' the former Duchess of York in 1996 - the year she divorced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

The email from the child sex predator to a friend has emerged in the latest cache of Epstein Files.

It came as Andrew was arrested at Sandringham today and Ms Ferguson remains in hiding.

Andrew's ex-wife and their two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, will no doubt be shocked and devastated by his high-profile arrest. The King has said 'the law must take its course' after expressing his 'deepest concern' over the development, adding police have his 'wholehearted support and co-operation'.

Epstein's email suggested his financial patronage of Fergie went way beyond the £15,000 she publicly admitted taking from him. It came amid troubling and persistent questions about the former Duchess of York's finances.

Six of her businesses are in the process of being wound up.

Critics have demanded to know who financed her life of luxury after she and Andrew split, as well as the source of the cash for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie's constant holidays that defined their teenage years and twenties.

Epstein complained to friends about the disgraced duchess's scrounging when, in 2011, she said he was a paedophile and that she regretted being his friend, an email written by him revealed.


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hollydolly said:
don't.... they're up to their neck in it themselves.. where do you think these grifter get their lavish lifestyle ?... hw do they afford it with just token jobs ?...
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A monarchist I am not, but I am not relishing Andrew's arrest, like someone in a Roman Amphitheatre. My wife made the best remark that I have heard since his arrest, she said: "He wouldn't have had the balls to sell his soul if his mother or grandmother were still alive." That's true.
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Questions are mounting around the whereabouts of Sarah Ferguson and her daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, following the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor earlier today.

There has been no word from any of the women of the former House of York, although Princess Beatrice's husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, was recently spotted spending time in Palm Beach, Florida.

His trip to the US saw him visit the same area where Ferguson and the princesses dined with disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, just days after the end of his prison sentence for trafficking a minor for prostitution.


Today there is still no sign of Ferguson, 66, Eugenie, 35, or his wife Beatrice, 37.

The former Duchess of York is said to be lying low abroad amid the growing outrage over her ex-husband Andrew's, and her own, links to Epstein.

Andrew was detained by officers from Thames Valley Police shortly before 8am this morning, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

As he sits in police custody, his brother King Charles III issued a statement in which he said he had the 'deepest concern' about the allegations and insisted that 'the law must take its course'.

He was not warned in advance about Andrew's arrest, it is understood. The Prince and Princess of Wales have also made clear they support Charles' statement.
 
Charles said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace at Midday: 'I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office.

'What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation.

'Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.

'As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all'.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are said to support the King’s unprecedented statement following the arrest of William's uncle Andrew at Sandringham on Thursday.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Speaking of Ex-es, I saw on the news that Sara Ferguson wrote to Epstein after he was convicted of sex trafficking. From Bing:
"London: Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Britain’s former prince Andrew, called late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “legend” and the “brother I have always wished for”, according to newly-released documents."

And here's a report that says she begged him for an assistant's job.
MSN
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Why the fuss? She is just following the the ancient royal traditions of infidelity, incest, betrayal and fratricide.
 
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