Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

by asdefghykon 2/19/2026, 10:10 AMwith 49 comments

by spacebanana7on 2/19/2026, 10:22 AM

The last time the Duke of York was arrested was in 1483. And before that, the most recent prior was in 1452 during the War of the Roses.

by petepeteon 2/19/2026, 10:18 AM

Series 7 of The Crown will be fun.

by adaml_623on 2/19/2026, 10:20 AM

As always when reading about these stories I have two questions:

* When did other high profile people know about this illegal and immoral behavior

* Who else is getting away with similar behavior right now

by throwaway85825on 2/19/2026, 5:30 PM

The royal family really doesn't want to answer questions about what they knew and when about the trafficking. So instead they'll just get rid of him with a lesser less implicating charge.

by bell-coton 2/19/2026, 10:18 AM

It would be lovely if the Brits could truly clean house on this issue.

(Sadly, expecting the Yanks to follow their lead on that would be pure fantasy.)

by beardywon 2/19/2026, 12:40 PM

He was in Greggs at the time.

by rich_sashaon 2/19/2026, 4:54 PM

It is unreal to me that all the criminal prosecution is only happening to Brits. Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, likely Peter Mandelson.

In the US..? Epstein tragically was committed suicide, and no other cases are forthcoming.

by FrankWilhoiton 2/19/2026, 11:01 AM

This is how it is done! But it could only have been done with the King's permission. I wonder how he will spin it.

by benbojangleson 2/19/2026, 10:19 AM

And this is of course tech related because??? If I wanted news I would just check my RSS feed.

by rkachowskion 2/19/2026, 10:18 AM

They're purposefully being vague, but this is Prince Andrew finally facing consequences in the face of the Epstein files (?)

by sohrobon 2/19/2026, 10:21 AM

Meanwhile in the States, their government is doxxing the victims and masking the identities of the perpetrators.

by adaml_623on 2/19/2026, 10:27 AM

The abuse perpetratored by Epstein is obviously hideous but is there an argument that his corporate and government espionage activities need to be looked at as a clear organized criminal conspiracy?

by asdefghykon 2/19/2026, 10:10 AM

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office