Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday by a local U.K. police force on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an extraordinary development as the former royal faces intense scrutiny over his ties to late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
He is the first senior member of the royal family to face arrest in nearly 380 years.
Thames Valley Police issued a statement announcing that they detained “a man in his sixties from Norfolk” The police statement did not name the former prince, but the report is consistent with Andrew’s alleged misconduct.
The agency had previously said it was evaluating a complaint that Andrew may have shared confidential information with Epstein.
After about 12 hours in the Aylsham Police Investigation Centre, a black Range Rover came to gather the former prince. The BBC reported that Andrew attempted to lie down in the back seat, but was not able to do so before he could be snapped by a photographer. were “carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.”re
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