Andrew arrested
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The King’s brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been arrested.
The alleged offence: misconduct in public office.
The arrest came after claims Andrew allegedly shared official documents during his time as UK Trade Envoy, with two emails in particular showing up in the latest Epstein files – although police haven’t yet released the specifics of their investigation.
Police have searched Andrew’s homes, and at the time of recording the former Prince is in custody. He’s not yet been charged, and has previously – strenuously – denied any wrongdoing on these matters related to Epstein.
The King has said “the law must take its course”.
Oli Dugmore is joined by Will Lloyd in the studio.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:04.9 | The King's brother, Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, has been arrested. |
| 0:09.1 | The alleged offence, misconduct in public office. |
| 0:12.7 | The arrest came after claims Andrew allegedly shared official documents during his time as UK trade envoy, |
| 0:18.1 | with two emails in particular showing up in the latest Epstein files, |
| 0:21.3 | although police haven't yet released the specifics of their investigation. |
| 0:25.1 | Police have searched Andrews Holmes, and at the time of recording, the former Prince is in |
| 0:28.8 | custody. He has not yet been charged and has previously, strenuously denied any wrongdoing on these |
| 0:34.7 | matters related to Epstein. The King has said the law must take its course. I'm Olly Dougmore. This is Daily Politics from the New Statesman. Will Lloyd joins me in the studio. Hello, Will. You forgot my title? Sorry. Royal correspondent. Sincere apologies. You states and royal correspondent Will Lloyd joins you in the studio. Tea Leaf Reader. It's been a tough day. |
| 0:54.5 | We've had to drag Olly away from his portal where he's been watching BBC News with the kind of the fixed glare of the crack addict. |
| 1:03.1 | We, we, um, I think we'll talk a little bit about the media commentary around stories like this because it is, I was fascinated by it will |
| 1:13.0 | because typically royal commentator after royal commentator is trotted out and they are |
| 1:19.0 | experts in not saying very much. |
| 1:22.6 | It's amazing. |
| 1:23.1 | And they can say even less now. |
| 1:26.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:26.6 | Because we can't say anything. |
| 1:28.2 | Well, quite. |
| 1:28.9 | And their profession intersects with contempt of court rules. |
| 1:34.5 | And so does ours, to be fair. |
| 1:36.1 | Quite. |
| 1:36.5 | All we can say is that a 66-year-old man in Norfolk was arrested today on his birthday |
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