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Searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s home are set to continue amid an ongoing police investigation into alleged government leaks to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Prince William and Princess Kate appeared at the Baftas together for the first time since the arrest of his uncle. William admitted he was not in a \u201ccalm state\u201d as he answered questions from reporters. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The government is reportedly looking into removing Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession as MPs called for his claim to the throne to be cut. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Senior Tory MP Tom Tugendhat<\/a> called on the former prince and Lord Peter Mandelson to face a treason investigation over their links to Epstein. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Activists hung a picture of Mountbatten-Windsor after his arrest in the Louvre in Paris. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Maira Butt<\/span>23 February 2026 06:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Holding prestige but not power, Britain\u2019s monarchy is finely tuned to public sentiment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n That’s been evident with the disgrace of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former prince who was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Police are investigating whether Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential trade information with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> when the then-Prince Andrew was a U.K. trade envoy. The arrest is unrelated to allegations related to Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing in his association with Epstein but has not commented on the most recent allegations, which stem from the release of millions of pages of Epstein files by the U.S. Justice Department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Maira Butt<\/span>23 February 2026 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n At this time, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n First in line to succeed his father King Charles is the Prince of Wales, William.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n His three children are next, with Prince George second in line, Princess Charlotte third, and Prince Louis fourth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Sussexes then slot into succession, with Prince Harry fifth in line and his children with Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor follows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Maira Butt<\/span>23 February 2026 04:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office in what has been an unprecedented week for the royal family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He is no longer a prince after his titles was removed following scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But what are the laws around prosecuting a member of the royal family?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Maira Butt<\/span>23 February 2026 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Taxpayer-funded Metropolitan Police bodyguards assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> were instructed to provide door security for a lavish celebrity dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s New York home, emails suggest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The officers, given the job of protecting the prince<\/a>, were staying at the multimillion-pound townhouse on 71st Street during the royal\u2019s trip to visit his friend, according to emails unearthed in the latest tranche of the Epstein files<\/a> released by the US Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Independent\u2019s crime correspondent Amy Clare-Martin reports:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Maira Butt<\/span>23 February 2026 02:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Andrew was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, spending 11 hours in custody on his 66th birthday, after allegations he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> during his time as the UK\u2019s trade envoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It comes as the Prince<\/a> and Princess of Wales<\/a> made their first joint public appearance since the arrest, attending the Bafta awards on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Speaking at the event, William said he was not in a \u201ccalm state\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Maira Butt<\/span>23 February 2026 01:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The majority of Britons think Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the line of succession, according to recent polling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The survey conducted by YouGov shows 82 per cent of the public think the former prince should be removed from the line of succession, and just 6 per cent believed he should not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It comes as Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s government considers whether to introduce legislation to remove Mr Mountbatten-Windsor from his place as eighth in line to the throne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Joe Middleton<\/span>22 February 2026 23:59<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Prince William has admitted he is not in a \u201ccalm state\u201d as the fallout from his uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>\u2018s arrest continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Appearing together with Princess Kate at the Baftas on Sunday for the first time since the arrest, William was asked if he had seen the film Hamnet.<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI need to be in quite a calm state and I am not at the moment,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI will save it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nFrom abdication to Diana, Harry and ex-Prince Andrew. A look at major British royal scandals<\/h2>\n
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