{"id":2291846,"date":"2026-02-20T23:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291846"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:18:29","slug":"former-duke-of-york-returns-to-sandringham-estate-after-being-taken-in-custody-for-11-hours-by-uk-police-amid-jeffrey-epstein-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-duke-of-york-returns-to-sandringham-estate-after-being-taken-in-custody-for-11-hours-by-uk-police-amid-jeffrey-epstein-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Duke of York returns to Sandringham estate after being taken in custody for 11 hours by UK Police amid Jeffrey Epstein scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the \u201cPlayboy Prince\u201d stares ahead as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.<\/p>\n<p>The photo, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble, went viral when it was published late on Thursday (local time). It shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles, after he was released from police custody following a day of questioning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 fhsnES\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 bsFdcS\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 bXqpHm\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.263%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6fbe944bde5279ce5e2da7eb13d3dc0e741cdacb, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.263%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6fbe944bde5279ce5e2da7eb13d3dc0e741cdacb 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.263%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6fbe944bde5279ce5e2da7eb13d3dc0e741cdacb, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.263%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6fbe944bde5279ce5e2da7eb13d3dc0e741cdacb 2x\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 eROwEo\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"\/><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 hMRMLa\"><span>Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, younger brother of King Charles, leaves Aylsham police station.\u00a0<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jnumBu\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jkEJCb\">Reuters\/Phil Noble<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When news that Mountbatten-Windsor had been arrested broke early on Thursday, Manchester-based Noble began the six-hour drive south to Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>Following a tip, Noble headed to the police station in the historic market town of Aylsham, where not much was going on. There were a couple of other members of the media there, and soon enough, six or seven hours went by. Darkness fell. Still, nothing was happening. It seemed like this was the wrong station &#8211; after all, it was well over an hour\u2019s drive from Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s Norfolk home.<\/p>\n<p>Noble packed up and started heading down the road towards his hotel when he got a call from his colleague, Reuters video journalist Marissa Davison. Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s cars had arrived, she said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/LEUm5\/1\/\" class=\"sc-a37c8537-0 sc-d102cce5-1 hzBywp kdUArP\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He took six frames &#8211; two showed police, two were blank, and 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. The image was used extensively by media worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can plan and use your experience and know roughly what you need to do, but still everything needs to align,\u201d said Noble. \u201cWhen you\u2019re doing car shots it\u2019s more luck than judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\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 www.smh.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the \u201cPlayboy Prince\u201d stares ahead 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 (local time). 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