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   On 2026-02-19 17:09:48 +0000, suzeeq said:   
      
   > On 2/19/2026 8:11 AM, Rhino wrote:   
   >> British police have arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly known   
   >> as Prince Andrew) on his 66th birthday to "help them with their   
   >> inquiries" over his possible misuse of office to pass sensitive   
   >> information about trade to people who weren't supposed to see it while   
   >> he was involved in Epstein's circle of friends and acquaintances. It's   
   >> the first arrest of a senior British Royal since the 1600s during the   
   >> English Civil War. (That arrest was of King Charles I and resulted in   
   >> his arrest for treason, a trial by Parliament, and his trial,   
   >> conviction and beheading!)   
   >>   
   >> Andrew has not been charged with anything yet and if he tells a   
   >> satisfactory story, he may simply be released without charges in a few   
   >> hours. Or things could go the other way. His elder brother, King   
   >> Charles, has made a statement that he will co-operate fully with the   
   >> authorities and that no one is above the law. Police have already   
   >> executed a search warrant on two of the ex-Prince's properties.   
   >>   
   >> It's going to be interesting to see how much help the Royal Family   
   >> gives Andrew with respect to his legal defence; I'm sure the lawyers   
   >> involved won't come cheap. I don't know how much money Andrew has to   
   >> pay for them. King Charles may object to him using some sources of   
   >> money if using them reflects badly on Charles or the Royal Family in   
   >> general.   
   >>   
   >> The British press is already speculating that this event may see Andrew   
   >> leave Britain entirely and go into foreign exile, much like Edward VIII   
   >> did when he abdicated the throne to marry his twice-divorced American   
   >> sweetheart Wallis Warfield Simpson in 1936. A foreign exile somehow   
   >> seems more likely than Andrew actually going to prison but I suppose   
   >> that even a stint in one of her His Majesty's prisons is not entirely   
   >> out of the question.   
   >   
   > Or it may see him in prison.   
      
   He's been released already ... "released under investigation", which   
   means the police are still investigating the matter, and he has not yet   
   been charged or exonerated.   
      
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