Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office as King says 'law must take its course' - live updates
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It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Police say King Charles’s brother is in custody and officers are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk - read the police statement in full

  • gnutrino@programming.devEnglish
    13·
    12 hours ago

    they spent a lot of time sidestepping action

    That’s sort of my point though, they spent years protecting him and then suddenly a few months ago something made them turn on a dime and strip him of his titles very rapidly. I suspect that “something” was being told the police had enough evidence to arrest him.

    • fiat_lux@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      That’s fair. At the time I thought it might be because they were struggling to deal with both the Andrew situation and the Harry drama simultaneously, while Charles was generally more unpopular than his mother, and likely ill.

      But if they privately found out something that made the Andrew situation untenable, it makes sense that they would try to distance that ASAP. I wonder whether it’s something that has been released already or is even worse.

      Charles’ statement today on “we support the police”, plus letting them search The Lodge, definitely feels like they’re leaving him to rot. At least maybe a little.

    • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
      16·
      11 hours ago

      Someone asked Ernest Hemingway how he lost all his money.

      “Gradually, then all at once.”

      Same situation. One person says something and it’s dismissed. Ten people say it and it becomes gossip fodder. A hundred people say it and it becomes an open secret. A million people say it and he gets arrested.

    • hector@lemmy.todayEnglish
      51·
      10 hours ago

      I wonder if the one that defected with his wife to california had something to do with all of this too, and not just snobbery to his new wife.

      • greygore@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        I would assume that he’d have more cover as a royal in the UK than as an immigrant in the US. Unless you were saying that he left the royal family in disgust for doing things like cleaning up for Andrew for so long, which I realize now was probably what you intended, but I’ll post this anyway in case someone else gets confused too.