# Duke of York -- Prince Andrew arrested **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817 "2026-02-19T15:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817/1 "2026-02-19T15:09:20Z")
I’ve searched and there’s no thread here. > **[Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public...](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c70kjr9wjw0t)** > > It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817/2 "2026-02-19T15:09:47Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817/3 "2026-02-19T15:10:38Z")
Active thread is here: > [@The Worst For Prince Andrew.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-for-prince-andrew/839341/210): > > I was wondering a few weeks ago when this newly impoverished\* man with a fund of potentially incriminating stories about a bunch of rich men would reach for the button marked “blackmail”. It seems like his moment for this has passed. However, the button marked “rat out your accomplices for a reduced sentence” is now flashing insistently. \*up to a point, Lord Copper Though oddly in #Factual Questions, so who knows.