Police officers who came for Britain’s fallen prince on his 66th birthday punctured the defining perception of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal: that wealthy elites are shielded from scrutiny because of who they are.
In America, accountability still seems elusive.
It doesn’t get much more elite than being the brother of King Charles III or the favorite son — according to insiders — of late Queen Elizabeth II. But blue blood did not spare Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from arrest in an investigation following the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The spectacle of the former Prince Andrew being taken on Thursday from his new, downsized quarters in the British countryside to the grubby indignity of a police station escalated the gravest controversy to rock the royal family in generations.
Mountbatten-Windsor was questioned over suspicion of misconduct in office related to his time as a UK trade envoy. Previously, police said they were reviewing claims he had shared sensitive information with Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor denied all prior wrongdoing but has not commented on the latest claims.
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