"Former British prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of the United Kingdom's King Charles II, was released by police on Thursday after being arrested and held for several hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to convicted late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 the day of his arrest, is the first British royal in more than 350 years to be arrested and held in police custody"
"His princely title was revoked last year over his links to Epstein and allegations that the two men sexually abused Virginia Giuffre when she was a teenager in the 1990s. The convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Epstein died by suicide in a United States prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. In 2021, Giuffre sued Mountbatten-Windsor for sexual assault."
Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested and held for several hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office over links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and was released by police. He turned 66 on the day of his arrest and became the first British royal arrested and held in police custody in over 350 years. His princely title was revoked last year amid allegations that he and Epstein sexually abused Virginia Giuffre when she was a teenager. Epstein died by suicide in a US prison in 2019 while awaiting a sex‑trafficking trial. In 2021 Giuffre sued Mountbatten-Windsor, alleging she was forced to have sex with him at 17; she later died by suicide after reaching a settlement. Mountbatten-Windsor served as the UK trade envoy from 2001 to 2011 and faced criticism over his conduct, overseas trips and taxpayer-funded hospitality. The monarchy has faced prior major scandals, including King Edward VIII's 1936 abdication.
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