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The King is calculating that however bad the details might be, placing the former prince in the category of outcast will insulate him and his heirs from the fallout and allow the succession to continue, writes Anne McElvoy<\/em>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jane Dalton<\/span>20 February 2026 06:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar<\/span>20 February 2026 05:57<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n US president Donald Trump has weighed in on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, hours after the King\u2019s brother was detained under suspicion of alleged misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI think it’s a shame. I think it’s very sad. I think it’s so bad for the royal family. It\u2019s very, very sad. To me, it\u2019s a very sad thing,\u201d Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Andrew, who used to be known as \u201cPrince\u201d before having his royal titles stripped, was arrested after police launched an investigation into claims that he allegedly shared sensitive information while on official visits as the UK as the country\u2019s trade envoy with Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The claims emerged as part of the Epstein file\u2019s that were recently released by Trump\u2019s Department of Justice. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar<\/span>20 February 2026 05:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n US president Donald Trump has claimed convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had been against him in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He said: \u201cIt’s really interesting, because nobody used to speak about Epstein when he was alive, and now they speak, but I\u2019m the one that can talk about it because I\u2019ve been totally exonerated. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI did nothing \u2013 in fact, the opposite. He was against me. He was fighting me in the election which I just found out throughout the last three million pages of documents.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jane Dalton<\/span>20 February 2026 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Craig Prescott, a royal expert at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest was “the most spectacular fall from grace for a member of the royal family in modern times”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He compared it in severity to the crisis sparked by Edward VIII’s abdication to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “And it may not be over yet,” Mr Prescott added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar<\/span>20 February 2026 04:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jane Dalton<\/span>20 February 2026 04:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released Thursday evening after being detained for about 11 hours at his home in eastern England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He was photographed in a car leaving the police station near the royal Sandringham estate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He was arrested by British police on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Police said he was released under investigation, meaning he has neither been charged nor exonerated. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Alisha Rahaman Sarkar<\/span>20 February 2026 03:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mothers react to their sons differently from others but on her watch, steps were taken to sideline the then Prince Andrew, writes historian Hugo Vickers<\/em>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jane Dalton<\/span>20 February 2026 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nVirginia Giuffre’s family ‘celebrated’ after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest<\/h2>\n
Trump says Andrew’s arrest ‘very sad’<\/h2>\n
Epstein opposed me, Trump claims<\/h2>\n
‘Spectacular fall from grace’ says expert<\/h2>\n
Former prince’s homes that police searched<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was detained for 11 hours<\/h2>\n
Opinion: Queen Elizabeth would have been horrified <\/h2>\n