Andrew “Hung in the Louvre”: Activists Turn Arrest Photo Into Global Statement

0:03 Calarougus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host to Mark Francis. Activists hung a photograph inside the Loure of Museum showing Andrew mount Batton Windsor being driven from a police station following his arrest. The British political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon fixed the image to a wall inside the Paris Gallery on Sunday. The photograph shows Andrew slouched in the back seat of a range Rover after being released from custody. The image was taken by waiters photographer Film Noble following Andrew's arrest on Thursday at the Sandinham Estate on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He later spent eleven hours in police custody at Alisham Police Station in Norfolk before being released under investigation.

0:52 A fixed beneath a framed photograph was a card reading He's sweating now, with the year twenty twenty six printed below, a reference to comment Andrew made during his twenty nineteen BBC Newsnight interview. Everyone Hates Elon describes itself as targeting billionaires and their politician mates through provocative stunts. Previous actions have included posters in London featuring Manchester United players alongside the slogan immigration has done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever have, and a banner in Venice during Jeff Bezos' wedding that read, if you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax. In The Independent, Victoria Richards writes, I think the lleu of Stunt also shows something deeper, darker and more dangerous for the monarchy in Britain, something that no amount of casting Andrew aside or branding him the blank sheep will change. Now.

1:43 The era of deference is over. Longane are the days of respect for kings and queens and epic days long cues to see the body of Her Highness of bowing it, coronations and waving flags at hashtag platty jubes parties. I can remember when the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Fergus was celebrated with street parties up and down the country. It's hard to imagine that happening again. Andrew's arrest, his exoriating fall from grace, his dramatic climb down from propriety amid the stain of potential illegality signals we are in a new epoch. Now it is a post royal period, a raucous and distinctly republican rumble, the age of a reverence, an irrevolution has begun, and fittingly it has started in France.

2:26 We have done away with the deference by way of a snigger at South Park and a lol at the Loeure. The idea that an image is so iconic, so meaningful, that it is truly a work of art has perhaps fittingly become a meme in the age of the Internet. Hanging in the loure, they say about a snapshot of the moment that transcends, the moment that becomes something bigger than itself and changes the world forever. Two fire engines were seen arriving at Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor's temporary home wood Farm, on the Sandringham Estate on Monday afternoon at approximately twelve twenty five pm. On fire engine drove up the lane with blue lights and siren activated, followed by a response vehicle. A second fire engine arrived shortly afterwards. A witness said there were no police or security around. The fire engine just suddenly arrived. They all went in and came out perhaps five or six minutes later. No one had any idea of what was going on. The emergency vehicles left the property shortly after arriving. It is understood the incident appears to have been a false alarm. Conspiracy minded people may wonder otherwise. Wood Farm has been Andrew's residence on the Standringham estate following his recent relocation from Royal Lodge.

3:36 Andrew reportedly charged taxpayers for massage services during his time as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. According to the BBC, Andrew used public funds for massages and what were described as excessive travel costs while serving in the role between two thousand and one and eleven. One former civil servant told the broadcaster they had initially refused his request to pay for massage services, but were overruled by more senior staff. Charles Moore writes in The Telegraph, the word massage is catnip to ust journalists. Nevertheless, I feel it is a symptom of incipient craziness that the news on the BBC Today program this morning led with anonymous accusations that the then Prince Andrew charged a massage to the government while traveling abroad as Britain's Special trade representative.

4:26 If he did, he was unwise, but as his work was unpaid, he may have felt it was reasonable. After all, the British government rightly picked up the bills for his hotel or embassy stays. A massage for, say, an aching back is not an indescribably wicked add on. Whatever one's suspicions, the seriousness with which this trivial detail is treated by our national broadcaster is part of wider efforts to suggest that Andrew Epstein scandal threatens the monarchy itself. I think that claim is mistaken. Out in the country where I lived, the general sentiment of people who are not journalists is that Andrew bad news and his Epstein links were terrible, but that the King and the rest of the Royal family deserve more simpaly than reproof. In living memory, there have been four major royal horror stories. The divorce and death of Diana, Princess of Wales really two stories, of course, but with a divorce adding greatly to the drama of her tragic and premature death. The Harry and Meghan breach with the royal family and now this of these three, the Diana story was by Father Gravest. The royal family stood accused of organized unkindness. In revenge. Diana was trying to change the succession, arguing that her eldest son William should succeed to the throne instead of his father, Prince Charles.

5:40 She told me would really be much happier living in Tuscany with Missus Parker bowls and painting watercolors. Even the point that Andrew is eighth in line to the throne is remote enough to allow the question to be looked at later rather than decided before any possible court case short of bubonic plague. Andrew was not about to be king. He is the classic bad apple, and now, being an ex prince, he is out of the barrel. The Australian government has said it would support a legislation to remove Andrew from the line of succession. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has written to Kostama confirming his government would agree to any proposal to remove Andrew, who is currently eighth in line to the throne, as one of the king's successes. In his letter, mister Albanes wrote, in light of recent events, concerning Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, I am writing to confirm that my government would agree to any proposal to remove him from the line of royal succession. These are grave allegations and Australians take them seriously. Any change to the line of succession would require legislation not only at Westminster, but also the consent of all fourteen Commonwealth realms. Buckingham Palace has deferred the issue of parliament. Sources say that because legislation is required to alter the succession, it is for the government to act. The King would not oppose such a move, despite previously being reluctant to devote parliamentary time to the issue. New polling by Yugo found that eighty two percent of Britain's believe Andrew should be removed, while six percent believe he should not. Andrew currently sits behind Prince William, William's three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, and the Duke of Sussex and his two children.

7:12 The last significant reform of succession law came in twenty thirteen with the Succession to the Crown Act, which ended male primogeniture for those born after the twenty eighth of October twenty eleven. It ensured that Princess Charlotte remains ahead of her younger brother in the line of succession. More palasing just a moment. The Washington Post reports that as allegations engulfed Andrew Mountbatten Windsor over the years, three generations of the royal family responded very differently. As the paper puts it, Queen Elizabeth showed a mother's hope, King Charles a brother's fury, and Prince William a nephew's dismay. Royal commentator Craig Prescott told The Washington Post Charles didn't prevaricate about this. His statement was released very quickly, adding you get the sense that William would have gone much for further, much earlier. By contrast, the late Elizabeth second was described as moving with restraint. Despite photographs in twenty eleven showing Andrew walking in Central Park with Jeffrey Epstein and later allegations by Virginia Jeffrey, the Palace took no immediate action.

8:15 Author Tina Brown wrote in The Palace Papers that while Charles and William believed Andrew was toast, the late Queen and her second son, who he might one day return to public life and needs diminished role. As recently as twenty twenty two, Andrew played a visible role at Prince Philip's memorial service, escorting the Queen into Westminster Abbey. That appearance came shortly after he reached an out of court settlement with Virginia Geoffrey, reportedly worth around fifteen million dollars, without admitting any liability or wrongdoing. Under Charles, the approach shifted in the months preceding Andrew's arrest. Charles stripped him of his Prince and Duke of York titles and removed him from Royal Lodge, relocating him to Sandringham. The Washington Post describes it as diminished circumstances by royal standards, but far from hardship. Royal historian Andrew Lowney took a different view, writing, King Charles deserves little praise for acting only in the face of undeniable evidence. The Royal family could at any point have taken the time to check Andrew's story. He added that it defies belief that the Palace would not have internally established whether Andrew's alibi held up and whether he remained in contact with Epstein. As Andrew Lowney put it, they need to clean the stables before William takes on the roll. He doesn't want to inherit this. And there you have it. Collect to email us address the Palace Intrigue at gmail dot com. Please follo us on Spotify, Apple when the avenue which choice leaves a nice review from Enjoying the Show by Mark Francis Mean thanks to John McDermot. This is Palace Intrigue and good terms