Emails with Epstein, trafficking minor: Ex-Prince Andrew's fall from grace
India Today
The arrest marked the gravest legal crisis yet for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whose long-standing association with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has already cost him royal titles and place within the monarchy.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, younger brother of King Charles III, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, police said, in the most serious legal turn yet in the Epstein-linked scandal that has shadowed him for years. The detention came on his 66th birthday, underscoring how far the former royal's public standing has fallen since his ties to convicted US child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came under scrutiny.
Thames Valley Police said that it has arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk and said searches were under way at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. The force did not name the suspect but confirmed the arrest is connected to allegations derived from the "Epstein files", a massive tranche of internal US government documents released in recent weeks.
At the heart of the police inquiry are claims that Mountbatten-Windsor, during his decade as a UK trade envoy, passed sensitive or confidential government information to Epstein. These allegations emerged from emails and other material in the Epstein files that suggested reports from official trade visits were forwarded to Epstein. Under official guidance, confidential details from such diplomatic or commercial missions are not meant to be shared outside government channels.
Officers had been reviewing these claims for several weeks before the arrest, with evidence prompting the police to open a formal investigation. Separately, police guidance noted that they are also assessing other allegations linked to the files, including claims that a woman was trafficked to the UK by Epstein to have an encounter with Mountbatten-Windsor.
Mountbatten-Windsor's association with Epstein has dogged him for more than a decade. He stepped back from public duties in 2019 amid earlier controversies, and in October 2025 his title of prince was formally removed by his brother, King Charles III. He has consistently denied any unlawful conduct related to the Epstein relationship, saying only that he regrets the friendship.
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