****BREAKING NEWS****Former Prince Andrew Arrested in Britain Over Epstein Ties

[DemocratSinceBirth]

British police on Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, over suspicions of misconduct in public office after accusations that he shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy.

The arrest was a stunning blow to the British monarchy, which has been rocked by scandals for decades and is now having to endure the spectacle of having one of its members arrested. The move escalated the long-running crisis for Buckingham Palace over the former prince’s ties to Mr. Epstein and allegations of sexual abuse of a young woman.


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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/19/world/uk-prince-andrew-arrest-epstein

[niyad]

1. Just want to point out that it was about financial ties while andrew

was trade envoy. NOT about sex trafficking. .yet.

[karynnj]

3. With (former) prince Andrew a question may be what drove his leaking

confidential information. Did he see his being an English prince as insufficient to make him an insider in Epstein's "web"? Was it for money? In spite of his income as Prince, he and his ex-wife seemed to go through money quickly.

I never thought I would sympathize with King Charles, but this seems far worse than Queen Elizabeth's "annus horobilis". As someone in her 70s, this has a strange macabre Wizard of Oz like pulling back the curtain effect to reveal the Royal Family as beyond dysfunctional.

[Emrys]

4. Andrew's time as trade envoy was marked by suspicion and some evidence that he made sure he

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and various associates benefited from the trade information he had.

Epstein no doubt became one of his most important associates, along with the "fringe benefits" Epstein offered, but he was far from the only one. It was just the way Andrew operated, and he left his post because of governmental and public unease with it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Statement from King Charles

[bif]

5. DUPE

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221031427

[niyad]

6. Sighhhhhhhh. This is GD, not LBN. Dupes are allowed, as has been

pointed out MANY, MANY times before.

[leftstreet]

7. To The Tower! Restore the House of Stuart!

DURec