{"id":2288908,"date":"2026-02-19T11:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2288908"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:14:36","slug":"former-royal-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-amid-epstein-row-what-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-royal-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-amid-epstein-row-what-we-know-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Former royal prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested amid Epstein row: What we know so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former Britain prince and brother of King Charles III, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, according to reports.<!-- --> The arrest comes amid his alleged links to infamous Epstein Files.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacted to the development, saying &#8220;nobody is above the law,&#8221; as reported by the BBC.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Andrew, who turned 66 on the same day, was taken into custody by Thames Valley Police. He is also the first senior royal to be arrested in modern history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>News photographers captured officers arriving to raid Prince Andrew\u2019s residence on his 66th birthday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The police conducted a search at the Royal Family\u2019s Sandringham estate in Norfolk. The raid came after emails linked to the case were released by the US department of justice. Its officers searched two addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Here\u2019s what we know so far<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"14\">\n<ul>\n<li>According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Epstein had emailed Andrew in September 2010 while the royal was preparing to travel to London. Epstein suggested changing their dinner plans at Buckingham Palace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"16\">\n<ul>\n<li>Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 of soliciting a minor for prostitution, mentioned he would be accompanied by three women, including a Russian model. &#8220;Should I bring them all. So as to add some life,&#8221; he wrote. Prince Andrew agreed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"18\">\n<ul>\n<li>The BBC also reported that images released from Epstein-related files by the US Department of Justice appear to show Andrew in compromising positions with an unidentified woman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"20\">\n<ul>\n<li>In some of the photographs, Andrew is seen touching the woman\u2019s stomach while she lies on the ground. In another image, he appears to be looking directly at the camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"22\">\n<ul>\n<li>The report noted that no additional context was provided for the images, and it remains unclear when and where they were taken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source timesofindia.indiatimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former Britain prince and brother of King Charles III, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, according to reports. The arrest comes amid his alleged links to infamous Epstein Files.UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacted to the development, saying &#8220;nobody is above the law,&#8221; as reported by the BBC.Andrew, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2288909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[443542,380292,443540,443539,443538,350249,443541,443543,438784],"class_list":["post-2288908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-compromising-photographs","tag-epstein-files","tag-keir-starmer-response","tag-king-charles-iii-brother","tag-prince-andrew-arrest","tag-royal-family-scandal","tag-sandringham-estate-raid","tag-september-2010-dinner-plans","tag-thames-valley-police"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Former-royal-prince-Andrew-Mountbatten-Windsor-arrested-amid-Epstein-row-What.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2288910,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288908\/revisions\/2288910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}