Andrew, Epstein and the crumbling crown
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Last Thursday, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He has since been released under investigation. The police have searched Andrew’s former home, Royal Lodge.
The former Prince’s relationship to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein is triggering a reckoning for not just Andrew, but the monarchy itself.
Oli Dugmore is joined by Will Lloyd to discuss.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:05.4 | Last Thursday, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. |
| 0:11.0 | He has since been released under investigation and denies all wrongdoing. |
| 0:15.0 | The police have searched Andrew's former home, Royal Lodge. |
| 0:18.5 | The former prince's relationship to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein |
| 0:21.7 | is triggering a reckoning for not just Andrew, but the monarchy itself. I'm Olly Dougmore, |
| 0:27.2 | and this is Daily Politics from The New Statesman. I'm joined by the New Statesman's deputy |
| 0:31.0 | editor, Will Lloyd, who has written the cover piece for this week's New Statesman and |
| 0:35.0 | joins me now for another edition of talking about the thing |
| 0:38.1 | without really specifically talking about the thing. Good afternoon, Will. Good afternoon. |
| 0:42.3 | Royal correspondent, Will Lloydman. |
| 0:43.5 | Sorry. Joining you in the studio. I should have used your proper title. |
| 0:49.1 | It's fine. It's fine. Quite a lot has happened since we last spoke. Yes. So the police only |
| 0:53.0 | stopped searching Royal Lodge last night. And I did read something which suggested that Andrew was a hoarder. I think we're allowed to say that. Andrew was a hoarder. I mean, it does kind of like post a question. What's he got in there? Well, I guess if you got that much space, you do need to put something in it, don't you? He doesn't have, no one lives with him. There's two staff, seven dogs. I think, is it just dog treats that he's, it's just a man surrounded by bag after bag of dog treats? I guess there's only so much colonial plunder one can, one can keep right before you need to. Some Benin bronzes. Yeah. Andrew's binning bronzes. |
| 1:27.8 | Things. |
| 1:28.2 | Well, I think this conversation, if we do it well, it should cover topics as diverse as Shintoism. |
| 1:37.4 | It should possibly... |
| 1:39.0 | It may cover maybe a bit of Wilfred Owen, a little bit of Sigridson, a little bit of Sigridson. |
| 1:43.3 | The Oath of Allegiance. It's going to bring in quite a lot. Uh... maybe a bit of Wilfred Owen, a little bit of Sigridsoon, the oath of allegiance. |
| 1:45.2 | It's going to bring in quite a lot. |
| 1:49.9 | The first conversation we had about monarchy was in October. |
| 1:53.8 | Big new statesman cover, No More Kings. |
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