{"id":2571599,"date":"2026-02-19T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pictured-former-prince-andrew-released-from-custody\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:32:59","slug":"pictured-former-prince-andrew-released-from-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pictured-former-prince-andrew-released-from-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"PICTURED: Former Prince Andrew released from custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpictured-former-prince-andrew-released-from-custody%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2571599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Prince Andrew was released from police custody after about 11 hours of questioning in a probe tied to his past role as the United Kingdom\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bojo-drama-boris-johnson-survived-no-confidence-vote-but-now-his-cabinet-could-be-falling-apart\/\" title=\"BoJo Drama: Boris Johnson Survived \u2018No Confidence\u2019 Vote, But Now His Cabinet Could Be Falling Apart\">trade envoy<\/a> and his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Thames Valley Police arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk, with searches conducted in Berkshire and Norfolk; authorities said they would not name the arrested person.The examination is examining data from the Department of Justice\u2019s Epstein disclosures that allegedly show Mountbatten-Windsor provided confidential trade information to Epstein during his 2001\u20132011 tenure as trade envoy. He has acknowledged knowing Epstein but denies any wrongdoing, and in 2019 he stepped back from public duties after criticism over a televised interview about Epstein. In 2022 he reached a settlement in a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-andrew-suggests-epstein-accuser-giuffre-suffers-from-false-memories-of-alleged-rape\/\" title=\"... Suggests ... Accuser Giuffre Suffers From &#039;False Memories&#039; of Alleged Rape\">civil lawsuit brought<\/a> by Virginia Giuffre, which he denied, concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-hbo-documentary-will-explore-woody-allen-abuse-allegations\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s Just The Tip Of The Iceberg\u2019: HBO Documentary Will Explore Woody Allen Abuse Allegations\">sexual abuse allegations<\/a>. President Donald Trump commented that the arrest was \u201cvery sad\u201d for the royal family and asserted he has been exonerated of any involvement with Epstein.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">PICTURED: Chastened-looking former Prince Andrew driven away from police station after being released from custody<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2510594\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was released Thursday after being taken into custody earlier in the day on suspicion of misconduct.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The brother of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/king-charles-iii\/\">King Charles III<\/a> was in custody for approximately 11 hours and was photographed leaving the police station in a car.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4463554\/8th-circuit-could-trump-win-mandatory-immigration-detention\/\">8th Circuit may give Trump another win on mandatory immigration detention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4463436\/who-has-fallen-resigned-epstein-files\/\">Here&#8217;s who has fallen from the Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4464266\/trump-calls-former-prince-arrest-bad-royal-family-sad\/\">Trump calls former Prince Andrew&#8217;s arrest &#8216;so bad&#8217; for royal family: &#8216;Very sad&#8217;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Thames Valley Police arrested the 66-year-old former prince as part of an investigation tied to his past role as the United Kingdom&rsquo;s trade envoy and his association with the late convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4463232\/uk-police-arrest-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-over-misconduct-jeffrey-epstein\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >examining information contained<\/a><\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\">Department of Justice&rsquo;s<\/a> Epstein disclosures that show alleged misconduct during Mountbatten-Windsor&rsquo;s decade as trade envoy from 2001 until 2011. Last week, the DOJ confirmed the former prince gave confidential trade information to Epstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As part of the investigation, we have today (19\/2) arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk,&rdquo; the Thames Valley Police <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4463232\/uk-police-arrest-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-over-misconduct-jeffrey-epstein\/\">said in a statement<\/a>.&nbsp;&ldquo;The man remains in police custody at this time. We will not be naming the arrested man, as per national guidance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten-Windsor has acknowledged he knew Epstein but has denied wrongdoing. In 2019, he stepped back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kate-middleton-reportedly-spotted-looking-happy-healthy\/\" title=\"Kate Middleton Seen Radiant and Vibrant\">public royal duties<\/a> following <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1614167\/prince-andrew-ordered-not-to-attend-family-christmas-service-amid-backlash-over-epstein-ties\/\">widespread criticism over a televised interview<\/a> in which he addressed his friendship with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, he reached a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4463232\/uk-police-arrest-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-over-misconduct-jeffrey-epstein\/\">settlement in a U.S. civil lawsuit<\/a> brought by Virginia Giuffre, in which he denied the allegations of sexual abuse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4463519\/what-epstein-files-reveal-prince-andrew-investigation\/\"><strong>WHAT THE DOJ&rsquo;S EPSTEIN FILES SAID ABOUT PRINCE ANDREW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Mountbatten-Windsor&rsquo;s arrest is &ldquo;very sad&rdquo; and &ldquo;very bad&rdquo; for the British royal family. Trump also claimed that he has been exonerated of any involvement with Epstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2015-02-27\/donald-trump-there-s-an-80-chance-i-ll-run\">2015 conversation with <em>Bloomberg<\/em> <em>Politics<\/em><\/a>, Trump called Epstein&rsquo;s private island a &ldquo;cesspool&rdquo; and said if people want to know about it, &ldquo;ask Prince Andrew, he&rsquo;ll tell you about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PICTURED: Chastened Prince Andrew exits police station<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2571600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T191727Z_948764426_RC27PJAADHQQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-EPSTEIN-BRITAIN-ANDREW-e1771533772136.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[6026,4133,50502,74114,14348],"class_list":["post-2571599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-custody","tag-news","tag-photo-2","tag-prince-andrew-2","tag-royals"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-19T191727Z_948764426_RC27PJAADHQQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-EPSTEIN-BRITAIN-ANDREW-e1771533772136.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571603,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571599\/revisions\/2571603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}