Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released from a police station following his arrest on Thursday morning.
Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and has since been released from a police station.
A photo taken of him leaving the police station shows him slouching in his car seat in an attempt not to be photographed by the waiting press photographers.
The arrest is part of an investigation into his dealings with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, specifically claiming he shared sensitive information as the UK’s trade envoy; police officers have also searched properties linked to him, including the Royal Lodge residence.
King Charles expressed “deepest concern” over his brother’s arrest, while Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
Royal biographer Christopher Wilson spoke to DW about the arrest of ex-Prince Andrew and surmised that authorities would have gathered “a huge body of evidence” beforehand.
“The police, and particularly politicians behind them, would not allow an intrusion of this kind and an arrest to take place unless they’re pretty certain that they’ve got a watertight case against Andrew,” Wilson said.
The historian said a likely scenario would be seeing Andrew “in a criminal court.”
“I don’t think he’ll escape. I think he will stay and face the music,” Wilson said.
“It will be a sensation. No member of the royal family has been arrested for 600 years, and the last person to do that was King Charles the First, who had his head chopped off once they had actually finished with him in court,” Wilson explained.
“I can’t see that happening to former Prince Andrew but he certainly faces a bleak future in this year coming,” Wilson said.
