Andrew arrested: What we know and where the Royals go from here
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The Telegraph
4.1 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Historic scenes unfolded at the Sandringham estate this morning as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the first senior Royal in modern British history to be taken into police custody.
It's the culmination of months of damaging revelations from documents included in the Epstein files. Officers had been assessing allegations that he shared sensitive information with the convicted paedophile when he was a trade envoy.
The Telegraph’s Royal Editor Hannah Furness joins Camilla and Tim to explain where on earth the Royals go from here.
Read Hannah's analysis: Thank God the late Queen isn’t here to witness monarchy’s lowest moment
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office. |
| 0:16.3 | This makes him the first royal in modern history to be taken into custody. |
| 0:19.9 | The extraordinary images are the culmination of months of damaging revelations for Andrew in the Epstein files. |
| 0:26.5 | Our royal editor Hannah Furness joins us to explain where on earth the royals go from here. |
| 0:32.1 | Welcome to The Daily Tea with me Tim Stanley. |
| 0:34.4 | And me, Camilla Tominy. |
| 0:45.9 | Thank you. with me, Tim Stanley. And me, Camilla Tomany. Well, what a remarkable morning, Tim. |
| 0:48.6 | It's not every day that a member of the royal family, |
| 0:51.1 | even though he may have lost his titles |
| 0:52.8 | and been exiled to Norfolk, |
| 0:55.0 | gets arrested by the police. |
| 0:57.4 | Not only is it not every day, it's never. |
| 1:01.1 | Happened before? |
| 1:02.3 | No, not since Charles I. |
| 1:04.8 | Right. |
| 1:05.4 | Because we did have a discussion in the newsroom about whether Princess Anne had been arrested |
| 1:09.0 | when her dog, Dolly, bit another dog. |
| 1:11.5 | She wasn't actually ever arrested. She certainly wasn't bundled into the back of a police car. |
| 1:16.1 | She did end up being convicted and fined for that. But this is quite extraordinary. And to discuss the |
| 1:21.5 | events of this morning, our Royal Editor Hannah Furness joins us in the studio. |
| 1:26.8 | Hannah, just take us through the scenes that have unfolded. |
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