A scandal like this has not rocked the royal family since 1647.

The lead starts right now.

The new images of former Prince Andrew appearing to duck from cameras,

capturing his release from custody after his dramatic arrest,

ahead on the lead, the journalist who conducted that damning 2019 interview with Andrew

about his alleged ties with the dead pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

What does she make of the allegations against the former prince now?

Plus, in the U.S., more revelations in the Epstein files, this time entangling two Harvard researchers

visiting Epstein's private island, taking his money, one even gave Epstein keycard access

to his Harvard office.

And a U.S. military strike on Iran possible, if not probable, within a matter of days, the

president's public warning today

after a critical meeting in the White House Situation Room.

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We're going to begin in our law and justice lead with

the extraordinary, extraordinary arrest of Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew.

Here he is slouched down inside a car as he left the police station this evening after his arrest today on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Police saying that Andrew is released under investigation, though they have not publicly said what exactly led to the arrest.

We know Andrew was the U.K.

Trade Envoy from 2001 to 2011. And police previously said investigators were reviewing allegations

that a female of unspecified age was trafficked to the U.K. by pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have a sexual

encounter with Mountbatten

Windsor. Investigators were also reviewing claims that Andrew shared sensitive

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