Ex-Prince Andrew is arrested. What now?
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor turns 66 today.
He’s also been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
For the first time in four centuries a member of the royal family has been arrested. What could this mean for the former Prince and the women and girls abused by Epstein and his associates?
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| 0:00.0 | The Thames Valley Police in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, made a historic arrest Thursday morning. |
| 0:05.6 | A stunning development in Great Britain. Former Prince Andrew arrested. Former Prince Andrew taken into custody from his home in the English countryside. |
| 0:15.0 | He's been arrested, presumably in connection with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:19.5 | On suspicion of misconduct in public office. |
| 0:23.9 | Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, brother to King Charles, was taken into custody. |
| 0:30.4 | The charged suspicion of misconduct in public office. |
| 0:34.3 | All of which stems from the former Royals' relationship with the late convicted sex |
| 0:38.5 | offender, Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:40.6 | Mountbatten Windsor is under investigation for sharing confidential government documents with |
| 0:45.2 | Epstein while he was the UK's trade envoy. |
| 0:48.5 | The arrest is not related to the sexual abuse allegations made by one of Epstein's underage |
| 0:53.2 | victims, Virginia Roberts |
| 0:54.7 | Joufrey, allegations, which the former prince has denied. In February 2022, he settled a civil |
| 1:01.8 | lawsuit with Jufre for an undisclosed sum. In April of last year, Virginia Roberts Dufre died by |
| 1:08.6 | suicide. Jufre's family received a call with the news of ex-Prince Andrew's arrest this morning. |
| 1:14.6 | It was a huge moment. |
| 1:15.8 | It was a moment of celebratory victory. |
| 1:19.6 | And it's going to be an intentional moment for us tonight to close the door and honor her because I think without her we wouldn't be here. |
| 1:27.5 | Amanda Roberts, Schuphre's sister-in-law, spoke with NPR today. So. door and honor her because I think without her we wouldn't be here. |
| 1:31.0 | Amanda Roberts, two phrase sister-in-law, spoke with NPR today. |
| 1:33.9 | Something legally is happening here. |
| 1:42.2 | And even though it's not connected to the direct allegations and testimony of Virginia, it is relative. |
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