The government is considering introducing legislation to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession.
Defence Minister Luke Pollard told the BBC the move - which would prevent Andrew from ever becoming King - was the “right thing to do,” regardless of the outcome of the police investigation.
Currently Andrew, the King’s brother, remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles, including “prince”, last October amid pressure over his ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
On Thursday evening, Andrew was released under investigation 11 hours after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He has consistently and strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
I read an article that said that he hasn’t actually broken any UK laws to do with rape that we know of.
From memory the main points were:
Obviously, what he did was wrong but that doesn’t mean that he can be prosecuted for it.
I’m hoping that there’s stuff that we don’t know about that they’re preparing to prosecute him for.
I’m assuming that the reason he shared state secrets with Epstein is because Epstein had something on him.