# Duke of York -- Prince Andrew arrested

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**Created:** [February 19, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-of-york-prince-andrew-arrested/1027817 "2026-02-19T15:09:20Z")\
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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")

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> [@The Worst For Prince Andrew.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-for-prince-andrew/839341/210):
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> 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.

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