{"id":492115,"date":"2026-02-20T09:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492115\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:40:07","slug":"now-hes-sweating-what-the-papers-say-about-the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-national-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492115\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Now he\u2019s sweating\u2019: what the papers say about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor | National newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The ramifications of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein escalated dramatically on Thursday, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/feb\/19\/police-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former prince arrested on suspicion<\/a> of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The arrest, related to allegations that Andrew shared confidential material with Epstein, is an unprecedented nadir for the modern monarchy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Here is how UK newspapers responded to the news.<\/p>\n<p>Guardian front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: Guardian<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cKing says \u2018law must take its course\u2019 after Andrew arrest,\u201d is the splash on the Guardian, featuring a photograph of a stunned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving Aylsham police station on the day he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<p>Times front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: X<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe arrest of Andrew,\u201d says the Times, summing up the dramatic development.<\/p>\n<p>Sun front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: The Sun<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cNow he\u2019s sweating,\u201d quips the Sun, referencing a 2019 interview Andrew did with the BBC\u2019s Newsnight in which he claimed he was not able to sweat due to a medical condition. Former prince Andrew, notes the paper, is the first royal to be held since Charles I in 1647.<\/p>\n<p>Express front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: X \/<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe law must take its course,\u201d says the Daily Express, quoting a response from King Charles on the arrest of his brother on his 66th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Star front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: the Star<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTaxi for Andy,\u201d is the headline over at the Star, featuring the same photo of the former prince looking absolutely shellshocked in the backseat of a car as he is driven away from the police station after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The i paper 20 February 2026 Photograph: the i paper<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cKing: my brother must face the law,\u201d is the headline on the i paper on Thursday. King Charles, who said he had no advance warning of his brother\u2019s arrest, issued a personal statement in support of British law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: X<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cDownfall,\u201d is the one word headline at the Daily Mail. The paper writes: \u201cLooking haggard, shamed and haunted, Andrew is released from police custody 11 hours after his arrest plunged the modern monarchy into its gravest peril.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: x<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As questions mount over what happens next, the National led its cover with a photograph of the late Queen, alongside then Prince Charles and Andrew beneath the probing headline: \u201cWhat did they know?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Record front page February 2026 Photograph: X<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Finally Scotland\u2019s Daily Record with; \u201cWe can see you sneaking out.\u201d And the Daily Telegraph (below) with the succinct splash: \u201cAndrew arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telegraph front page 20 February 2026 Photograph: X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ramifications of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein escalated dramatically on Thursday, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-492115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}