King Charles III declared on Thursday that “justice must take its course“after the arrest of his brother, the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorsplashed by the Epstein case and under suspicion of misconduct during his time as commercial envoy of United Kingdom.
“What follows now is the complete, fair and adequate process by which this matter is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities,” said Carlos III, in a rare personally signed statement.
“In this, as I have said before, they have our full support and cooperation,” he said. “Let me make it clear: justice must take its course,” he added.
Arrest of the brother of King Charles III
The statements of King Charles III come after the English police arrested his brother, the former prince. Andrew this Thursday, day of his 66th birthdayby “suspicion of misconduct in public office” during his time as a trade envoy, in relation to the Epstein case.
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The local police in Thames Valley, where the Royal Lodge residence where Andrew lived until recently, confirmed the arrest in a statement, reported by the British press.
Images published by British media showed a fleet of unmarked cars, believed to be police vehicles, arriving early on Thursday at King Charles III’s Sandringham estate in eastern England, where Andrew moved in early february.
“As part of the investigation, today we have arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office,” said the police, who are not naming the suspect as is customary in the country.
The police statement added that searches are being carried out at two addresses in England, apparently in connection with these allegations.
Stripped of their titles
Last year, Charles stripped his brother of his titles and ordered him to abandon his mansion on the Windsor estate, although Andrew remains eighth in line to the British throne.
The police reported “be carrying out records” at two properties, noting that “the man remains in police custody at this time.”
The misconduct in the exercise of a public office entails a maximum sentence of life imprisonmentaccording to the Crown Prosecution Service.
On February 11, new documents came to light that seem to indicate that the brother of King Charles III transmitted confidential information to Jeffrey Epstein. The prosecution reported that it is “in contact” with the police about these suspicions.
The former prince, now removed from public life, was then special representative of United Kingdom for International Tradea position he held between 2001 and 2011.
According to an email to the American financier and sex offender, dated December 24, 2010, The former prince sent “a confidential report” on investment opportunities in Afghanistan.
The email was added to other documents, also included in the Epstein files, that suggest that in 2010 the former Prince Andrew sent the financier reports about work trips made to China, Singapore and Vietnam.
Windsor Regional Police then indicated that they are “examining this information” about Andrew Moutbatten-Windsor, as he must now be called after being stripped of his aristocratic positions.
First complaints
These documents are added to the accusations of sexual assault made against the former prince by Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in 2025.
A second woman later claimed, through her lawyer, that Epstein sent her to England in 2010 to have sexual relations with the son of Queen Elizabeth II.
Another American lawyer maintained that one of his clients reported that Epstein and the former prince forced her to have sexual relations during a party in Florida in 2006.
The prosecution is also in contact with the London police in the open investigation into Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador in Washington, suspected of having transmitted confidential documents to Epstein.
Police in Surrey, in southeastern England, said Wednesday that they had become aware of a report with redacted portions that alleged “human trafficking and sexual assault against a minor” between 1994 and 1996 in the town of Virginia Water.
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The report emerged in the latest batch of millions of files released by the US Department of Justice from the investigation into Epstein, who died in prison in 2019.
“After reviewing our systems with the limited information we have, we found no evidence that these allegations were reported to Surrey Police,” the statement said.
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