Police end searches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s former home<\/h2>\n\nSearches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s former home, Royal Lodge, have now ended, Thames Valley Police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nAndrew 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 during his time as the UK\u2019s trade envoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nDetectives continued to search his former home in Windsor, Berkshire, over the weekend and into Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nAlisha Rahaman Sarkar<\/span>25 February 2026 05:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nFull report: Mandelson\u2019s lawyers claim police arrest was over \u2018baseless\u2019 claim he planned to leave UK<\/h2>\n\nLord Peter Mandelson<\/a>\u2019s lawyers have said the former cabinet minister was arrested after what they said was a \u201cbaseless suggestion that he was planning to leave the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThe ex-Labour grandee was released on bail in the early hours of Tuesday morning after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which followed claims he leaked sensitive UK government information to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nYou can read more from The Independent\u2019s Whitehall editor <\/em>Kate Devlin<\/em><\/strong> below:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nThree issues with the Misconduct in Public Office probe against Andrew<\/h2>\n\nBut <\/em>Robert Hazell <\/em><\/strong>says there are three main reasons why this may be unlikely. You can read more below:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 04:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nMP suggests Epstein may have influenced Andrew\u2019s appointment as trade envoy<\/h2>\n\nJeffrey Epstein<\/a> may have played a role in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor <\/a>becoming a UK trade envoy, a shadow minister has suggested as the government agreed to release the bombshell documents related to his appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nIn an unprecedented day in parliament that saw MPs from all sides line up to admonish the former prince, trade minister Sir Chris Bryant <\/a>described Mr Mountbatten-Windsor as \u201ca rude, arrogant and entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest, which he said he served, and his own private interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nMPs unanimously supported a motion to release files related to his appointmentto the trade envoy role, waving it through without a vote after the government backed the Liberal Democrat<\/a>-led calls to publish the papers, including any vetting and any correspondence from Lord Mandelson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThe Independent\u2019s political correspondent <\/em>Millie Cooke <\/em><\/strong>has this report:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nComment: The Epstein files toppled a prince and a lord in the UK. How has the US elite escaped?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 02:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nRecap: Ex-prince’s arrest picture hung in the Louvre<\/h2>\n\nAn individual was filmed hanging a picture of the former prince, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble after Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was released under investigation, in the Paris museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nPhoto of Andrew leaving police station hung in Louvre<\/a><\/h3>\nCampaign group Everyone Hates Elon say they hung a photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taken after his arrest in the Louvre. An individual was filmed hanging a picture of the former prince, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble after Mountbatten-Windsor was released under investigation, in the Paris museum. Mountbatten-Windsor was released under investigation following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The royal has consistently denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 01:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nHow the former Prince Andrew could be removed from Britain’s line of succession<\/h2>\n\nIt’s been 90 years since a British royal was removed from the line of succession. That might happen again now that Britain’s government says it will consider introducing legal changes to formally remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> from the list of royals in line to the throne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nDespite being stripped of his status as prince in October over his close links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, the former Prince Andrew, King Charles III<\/a>‘s younger brother, remains eighth in line to become monarch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nExperts say the process of removing him from the line of succession could be lengthy because it requires the involvement of about a dozen countries that also call the British monarch their head of state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nNonetheless, momentum for change appears to be building after police last week arrested Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut how would removing him from the line of succession work? You can read more below:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 00:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nWatch: BBC Olympics report interrupted by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest<\/h2>\n\nBBC Olympics report interrupted by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>24 February 2026 23:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nRecap: Australia and New Zealand back calls to remove Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession<\/h2>\n\nA spokesperson for Christopher Luxon, the country\u2019s prime minister, said: \u201cIf the UK government proposes to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the order of succession, New Zealand would support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nNicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>24 February 2026 22:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Searches at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s former home, Royal Lodge, have now ended, Thames Valley Police said.<\/p>\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 during his time as the UK\u2019s trade envoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Detectives continued to search his former home in Windsor, Berkshire, over the weekend and into Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar<\/span>25 February 2026 05:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Lord Peter Mandelson<\/a>\u2019s lawyers have said the former cabinet minister was arrested after what they said was a \u201cbaseless suggestion that he was planning to leave the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The ex-Labour grandee was released on bail in the early hours of Tuesday morning after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which followed claims he leaked sensitive UK government information to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can read more from The Independent\u2019s Whitehall editor <\/em>Kate Devlin<\/em><\/strong> below:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But <\/em>Robert Hazell <\/em><\/strong>says there are three main reasons why this may be unlikely. You can read more below:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 04:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> may have played a role in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor <\/a>becoming a UK trade envoy, a shadow minister has suggested as the government agreed to release the bombshell documents related to his appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In an unprecedented day in parliament that saw MPs from all sides line up to admonish the former prince, trade minister Sir Chris Bryant <\/a>described Mr Mountbatten-Windsor as \u201ca rude, arrogant and entitled man who could not distinguish between the public interest, which he said he served, and his own private interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n MPs unanimously supported a motion to release files related to his appointmentto the trade envoy role, waving it through without a vote after the government backed the Liberal Democrat<\/a>-led calls to publish the papers, including any vetting and any correspondence from Lord Mandelson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Independent\u2019s political correspondent <\/em>Millie Cooke <\/em><\/strong>has this report:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 02:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An individual was filmed hanging a picture of the former prince, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble after Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was released under investigation, in the Paris museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon say they hung a photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taken after his arrest in the Louvre. An individual was filmed hanging a picture of the former prince, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble after Mountbatten-Windsor was released under investigation, in the Paris museum. Mountbatten-Windsor was released under investigation following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The royal has consistently denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 01:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It’s been 90 years since a British royal was removed from the line of succession. That might happen again now that Britain’s government says it will consider introducing legal changes to formally remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> from the list of royals in line to the throne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Despite being stripped of his status as prince in October over his close links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, the former Prince Andrew, King Charles III<\/a>‘s younger brother, remains eighth in line to become monarch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Experts say the process of removing him from the line of succession could be lengthy because it requires the involvement of about a dozen countries that also call the British monarch their head of state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Nonetheless, momentum for change appears to be building after police last week arrested Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But how would removing him from the line of succession work? You can read more below:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>25 February 2026 00:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>24 February 2026 23:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A spokesperson for Christopher Luxon, the country\u2019s prime minister, said: \u201cIf the UK government proposes to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the order of succession, New Zealand would support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane<\/span>24 February 2026 22:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFull report: Mandelson\u2019s lawyers claim police arrest was over \u2018baseless\u2019 claim he planned to leave UK<\/h2>\n
Three issues with the Misconduct in Public Office probe against Andrew<\/h2>\n
MP suggests Epstein may have influenced Andrew\u2019s appointment as trade envoy<\/h2>\n
Comment: The Epstein files toppled a prince and a lord in the UK. How has the US elite escaped?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
Recap: Ex-prince’s arrest picture hung in the Louvre<\/h2>\n
Photo of Andrew leaving police station hung in Louvre<\/a><\/h3>\n
How the former Prince Andrew could be removed from Britain’s line of succession<\/h2>\n
Watch: BBC Olympics report interrupted by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest<\/h2>\n
Recap: Australia and New Zealand back calls to remove Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession<\/h2>\n
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