Former Prince Andrew Arrested After Epstein Files Revelations
The Beat with Ari Melber
Ari Melber, MS NOW
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🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the beat. We are following breaking news, a major arrest driven by the Epstein files. |
| 0:07.1 | British authorities arresting Andrew Malbotten-Winzer, long known as Prince Andrew, |
| 0:11.8 | authorities are probing him for suspicion of misconduct in public office, and he's faced these public accusations as well of sexual misconduct by Epstein. |
| 0:19.9 | Survivors, you can see the headlines |
| 0:21.6 | around the world. We know authorities are searching Andrews' residences. He was released after arrest, |
| 0:28.4 | and the legal investigation continues. We can tell you tonight that by far, this is the most senior |
| 0:35.0 | person to face any legal accountability over Epstein anywhere in the world. |
| 0:39.9 | It's the first senior British royal arrested in four centuries. |
| 0:45.3 | Never happened. |
| 0:46.4 | This accountability for a royal was once practically unthinkable in the UK. |
| 0:52.7 | And this new image of Andrew in his car, fresh after the arrest, |
| 0:58.4 | with a facial expression that people can interpret for themselves, is ricocheting around the world. |
| 1:04.5 | Our colleague Nicole Wallace, who of course just passed off to me, made the point in her reporting |
| 1:09.2 | today. This is indeed a one in 400 |
| 1:13.0 | year event. Start with breaking news about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The BBC understands that he |
| 1:20.9 | has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The fallout from the revelations |
| 1:27.0 | in the Epstein files has now led to a one in 400 public office. The fallout from the revelations in the Epstein files |
| 1:28.2 | has now led to a one in 400-year event. |
| 1:31.3 | The biggest story in the world right now, |
| 1:33.1 | that is the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor. |
| 1:36.3 | The ex-prince Andrew, technically, |
| 1:40.1 | he members of the family royal. |
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