more than 3 million pages<\/a> of documents relating \u2060to the disgraced financier.<\/p>\nSome of those files suggested that Mountbatten-Windsor had, in 2010, forwarded to Epstein reports about Vietnam, Singapore and other places he had visited on \u200cofficial trips as UK trade envoy. In one confidential memo, he sought Epstein\u2019s views on investment opportunities in Afghanistan\u2019s Helmand province.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not be naming the arrested man, as per national guidance. Please also remember that this case is now active so care should be taken with any publication to avoid being in contempt of court,\u201d the police statement added.<\/p>\n
Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said: \u201cFollowing a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is important that we protect the integrity and objectivity of our investigation as we work with our partners to investigate this alleged offence. We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mountbatten-Windsor should cooperate with the United States authorities in their investigation, the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said. \u201cNo one is above the law,\u201d he added. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is such an unprecedented action and move for a prince that was one time the queen\u2019s favourite child, who held a number of high-profile roles within the British establishment, who gradually had this fall from grace because of his association with a convicted pedophile,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Milena Veselinovic, reporting from London. \u201cThis is yet another blow to the branding of the monarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Walker, a political commentator and contributing editor at Novara Media, says the developments are \u201cincredibly damaging\u201d for the UK\u2019s monarchy and establishment, more generally.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is an impression that even though Andrew has been pushed out of the royal family, it was always one step behind,\u201d he told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no impression that the royal family sort of learned about these things and was genuinely morally outraged so therefore pushed Andrew to the side,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt always seems like they are a step behind, there\u2019s a PR disaster and they say, \u2018How do we distance ourselves from this man who is an embarrassment\u2019 \u2013 as opposed to \u201cHow do we sort of bring about consequences for this man who has morally erred\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The arrest comes after the royal family last week committed to cooperate<\/a> with the police on any investigation regarding Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his title last year over his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,591,59,50,6277,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-434162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sexual-assault","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}