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Agence France-Presse

Britain’s typically pro-royal public welcomed the arrest of the former prince Andrew, whose friendship with convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has turned him into an outcast.
Some on Thursday appeared delighted that police were holding King Charles’ brother, arguing it sent the right message that the royal family was not above the law.
US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, called the arrest “very sad”.
“I think it’s a shame. I think it’s very sad. I think it’s so bad for the royal family. It’s very, very sad,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.


The former prince, who became the first senior British royal in modern history to be arrested, is accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as he is now known, was later pictured slouched in the back of a vehicle on Thursday evening as he left Aylsham police station in Norfolk after being released under investigation.
Thames Valley Police said searches at a property in Norfolk, Andrew’s home on the Sandringham Estate, had concluded. Searches at his former address, the Royal Lodge in Windsor, Berkshire, are ongoing.
Andrew, who is eighth in line to the throne, was detained on his 66th birthday
Following years of accusations stemming from Andrew’s Epstein links, the schadenfreude on the British streets was illustrated by lawyer Emma Carter.
The 55-year-old from Essex, east of London, argued the disgraced royal had been “hiding behind his privileges and the popularity of the queen for too many years”, referring to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth.

“He should have been arrested a long time ago, quite frankly,” she said.
Maggie Yeo, 59, also welcomed the news with a smile.
“I thought they [the royal family] were untouchable. It is good to know they are not beyond justice,” she said. “At least British justice is working.”
Yeo said she felt sorry for Charles, who has insisted police must be allowed to carry out their investigation. “He is suffering from cancer.”
Sentiment in Yorkshire, northern England, appeared more measured, with several people urging patience.
“Lots of people have got opinions, but until something is proven in court, it’s not fair to judge,” managing director Andrew Hurst, 58, said in the Yorkshire Dales market town of Leyburn.

Back in the capital, Jennifer Tiso, a 39-year-old data analyst, welcomed the message sent by the arrest.
“I don’t think that just because you are related to the royal family, you should be above the law or have a different treatment from regular people,” Tiso said.
“I think it’s time. It’s happened before with rock stars, superstars, and now it’s getting to places of higher power, like the royal family.”
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing. In 2022, he agreed to pay a multimillion pound sum to settle a claim by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of abusing her, without admitting any liability.
Many British people seemed to think the royal family was untouchable.
A YouGov institute opinion poll released on Monday had found that 62 per cent of respondents believed it unlikely that Andrew would be charged.

Andrew’s notoriety following years of reports of his partying with Epstein was borne out in public reactions.
Kevin, a 66-year-old pensioner from the southern city of Salisbury, who only gave his first name, said Elizabeth’s middle son Andrew was “not clever” and “arrogant”.
“I am not against the royal family, but he doesn’t give the right example. He was the queen’s favourite. She liked to protect him.”
The arrest was important, he said, as the case “involves business, contracts, money, relations with foreign states”.
Andrew’s arrest, reportedly at his new home on the king’s Sandringham estate, concerned his role as a trade envoy between 2001 to 2011.
Various UK police forces have said they are “assessing” claims stemming from the latest release of Epstein files that could link Andrew to other alleged crimes.
Yorkshire retiree Lisa Cockthorn, 56, called it “disappointing for the royal family”.
“They have quite a lot to worry about with issues themselves, other than Andrew,” she said. “We still don’t know everything about it. It can be quite hard for him, Andrew, to say that he’s innocent and try and prove it. But we don’t know.”
Additional reporting by dpa


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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaves Aylsham Police Station after being released on Thursday, hours after his arrest. Photo: Reuters

Members of the media outside Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate, which is reported to be serving as interim accommodation for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Photo: Reuters

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A 2010 email exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Photo: AP

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor rides a horse in Windsor Great Park earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Then-Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in a decades-old photograph. Photo: Southern District of New York via AFP

A vehicle outside Royal Lodge, a property on the estate surrounding Windsor Castle and a former residence of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Photo: Reuters

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Images released by the US Department of Justice show former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaning over an unidentified person. Photo: AP

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Britain’s former prince Andrew is seen with an unidentified woman in a photo released on Friday. Photo: US Justice Department

Virginia Giuffre holds a picture of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others. Photo: TNS

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Photo: AFP

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Les Wexner in 2014. Photo: AP

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Britons say the arrest of the Epstein-linked brother of King Charles sends the message that the royal family is not above the law


Britons say the arrest of the Epstein-linked brother of King Charles sends the message that the royal family is not above the law.


UK public cheers ex-prince Andrew’s arrest, Trump calls it ‘very sad’

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Britons say the arrest of the Epstein-linked brother of King Charles sends the message that the royal family is not above the law