Britain’s ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles’ younger brother, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein.
The arrest of a royal family member is unprecedented in Britain’s modern era. It marks a humiliating new blow for the ousted prince, who was last year stripped of his titles and turned 66 on Thursday as he was taken into custody.
Police said they were also searching two properties – in eastern England and west of London – as part of their probe.
“We have today (19/2) arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office,” Thames Valley police said in a statement, without naming the suspect, as is common practice in the UK.
Officers “are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk”, the force added, noting “the man remains in police custody at this time”.
Images published by UK media showed a fleet of unmarked cars, believed to be police vehicles, arriving early Thursday at King Charles III‘s Sandringham estate in eastern England where Andrew moved to earlier this month.
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