Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested on Suspicion of Misconduct in Public Office

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested on Suspicion of Misconduct in Public Office

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested. He is the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The BBC was first to report the arrest.

According to the Guardian:

A statement from Thames Valley police said: “We have today (19/2) arrested a man in his 60s from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. The man remains in police custody at this time.”

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The arrest came as Mountbatten-Windsor celebrated his 66th birthday at home.

Police had been assessing allegations that Mountbatten-Windsor – formerly known as Prince Andrew – shared sensitive information with the billionaire child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he was a UK trade envoy.

The Wall Street Journal reports, "The emails suggested that Mountbatten-Windsor, while he worked as a trade envoy for the British government, on several occasions emailed confidential government reports to Epstein. Police said last week they were looking into the reports that Mountbatten-Windsor may have run afoul of laws governing conduct in a public office.

At 7:00 AM, King Charles issued the following statement:

I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation.

Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.

As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all.

 

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Previous Allegations

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, said that Epstein had trafficked her to Mountbatten-Windsor around 2001 when she was a teenager, and that he had sex with her multiple times. Mountbatten-Windsor repeatedly denied Giuffre’s accusations

Giuffre committed suicide in April of 2025. Epstein died in a U.S. federal prison in New York in August of 2019.

Story was updated at 7:07 AM