Arrest of Andrew Mountbatten forces British government and Charles III to air the Windsor family's dirty laundry

"A rude, arrogant, and entitled man, who could not distinguish between the public interest which he said he served and his own private interest, was how Chris Bryant, the Labour government's Secretary of State for Trade, described Andrew. It was during this session that all parliamentary groups, without debate, backed a motion ordering the release of all documents related to the time the former prince served as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment."

"Of course, we knew much of what is now in the public domain a very long time ago. It is all very well for some of us to say: If only we had known then what we know now,' but I am afraid that doesn't wash with me. We did actually have plenty of warning, the minister acknowledged. Politicians looked the other way for a long time, but so did the royal family."

On February 24, British MPs made an unprecedented break from parliamentary custom by openly criticizing Prince Andrew and his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Labour's Secretary of State for Trade Chris Bryant described Andrew as rude, arrogant, and entitled, unable to distinguish between public and private interests. All parliamentary groups unanimously backed a motion to release documents from Andrew's time as UK Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, pending the conclusion of Thames Valley Police's investigation into alleged misconduct in public office. Bryant's most significant statement acknowledged that politicians and the royal family had long known about Andrew's activities but looked the other way, contradicting claims of ignorance.

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