According to multiple reports, the former Prince Andrew has been arrested by authorities in the United Kingdom for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
France24noted that, before the man now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was reportedly taken into custody Thursday for suspicion of misconduct in public office, Thames Valley Police said they were “assessing” reports that, in his position as theU.K. trade envoy, he passed reports to Epstein in 2010.
“Local media said six unmarked police cars and around eight plain clothed officers arrived at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England, where the king’s brother now lives,” the outlet reported.
Mountbatten-Windsor was already stripped ofhis titles and residence last yearafter new revelations in a book by Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim who claimed she was trafficked to the royal while she was underage.
BBCcorrespondent Lucy Manning said her “understanding is that there’s been a very significant development in the investigation into the Epstein files” that had to do with “documents from when he was a trade envoy, that are alleged to have been passed to Epstein.”
“My understanding is that this arrest is just about the misconduct in public office and obviously a very significant moment that the former prince has been arrested,” she added.
However, a lot was still unknown as of roughly 6 a.m. Eastern Time — 11 a.m. U.K. time — including what precisely he was being held for and what prompted Thames Valley Police to arrest Mountbatten-Windsor in the first place.
The arrest came on the royal’s 66th birthday.
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