Andrew Released After 11 Hours as Iconic Arrest Photo Defines Royal Crisis

0:03 Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigu. I am your host, Mark Francis Andrew mount Patten Windsome was released under investigation after spending approximately eleven hours in police custody as detectives continue a widening inquiry into allegations of misconduct in public office. The former prince was arrested shortly after eight am on Thursday at wood Farm on the Standringham estate in Norfolk. A friend told The Sun the plan was to spend a quiet and lonely sixty sixth birthday at wood Farm as no one was coming round to celebrate with him, not even Fergie or their two children, Beatrice and Eugenie. He was expecting to spend the day with seven dogs. Instead he had fifteen cops at his door.

0:51 Then Andrew was taken to Aylsham police station, questioned, and later photographed leaving in the backseat of a vehicle at around seven pm. The image of air Andrew reclining in the rear of the car, hands loosely clasped has already become emblematic of the day's events. Released under investigation means Andrew is not on bail and faces no conditions. As legal correspondent Dominic Cassiani explains to the BBC, this is the least intrusive option available to police. When someone is arrested, officers must decide whether to charge them, take no further action, release them on bail with conditions, or release them under investigation. Andrew's release under investigation is used when officers are in the early stages of an inquiry and it would be disproportionate to impose restrictions while significant investigative work remains. He is free to travel and live normally, but he can be re interviewed or re arrested if necessary. There is no time limit for when the charges could be brought.

1:50 The investigation centers on alleged actions taken during Andrew's time as UK Trade Envoy. Misconduct in public office is a complex common law offense. As Cassiani explains, police must establish four elements that the individual was a public officer, that they wilfully neglected or misconducted themselves, that the act amounted to an abuse of public trust, and that there was no reasonable excuse. The maximum sentence for the offense is life imprisonment. Legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg has explained that it is standard practice in complex financial or white collar cases for police to arrest early in the morning in order to secure search powers. Immediately at the point of arrest, police are given powers to conduct searches at properties where the arrested person lives or has lived. He said. When these things happen, the last thing the police want to do is for the suspect to be tipped off. Police have been seen entering Royal Lodge in unmarked vehicles. Officers are understood to be cataloging and logging any seized materials, a process that could take days. Questions have also been raised about whether Buckingham Palace could be searched. Rosenberg said he is sure the King would waive any privilege if required.

3:00 King Charles was not informed in advance of the arrest, According to BBC Understanding, the optics of the day were dramatic. Reutter's photographer Film Noble, detailed how he captured the now widely circulated image of Andrew leaving custody. You can plan and use your experience and know roughly what you need to do, but still everything needs to a lion, he said, adding that shots of a moving car require more luck than judgment. In The Royalist, Tom Sakes described the photo. This astonishing photograph of Prince Andrew, hunkered down in the back seat of a car as he is whisked out of a Norfolk police station looks set to become one of those iconic images we can never forget. His hands are steepled together in front of him, his head tilted back.

3:42 What is the motion on his show? Shocked face, shock, surprise, astonishment, fear. For the BBC Shawn Coffin ads the show shocked, disbelieving, haunted face of Andrew mount Batten Windsor will become part of how his arrest will be remembered. It will become the counterpart of that other face, Miss Andrew. Picture taken almost twenty five years ago, a smiling, confident Prince beside a seventeen year old Virginia Jeffrey in a London townhouse when the Capitol was his playground. Across the UK newspapers led with the same photograph when he quoted the King's words over the image, the law must take its course. Andrew returned to Sandringham late Thursday night. He remains eighth in lane to the throne and technically a Councilor of State.

4:26 Despite the gravity of the situation, King Charles continued with scheduled engagements throughout the day. He welcomed El Salvador's ambassador, Francisco Lima Mena, to a royal residence before attending London Fashion Week, where he was seated near designer Stella McCartney daughter Paul McCartney. As he departed the fashion venue, members of the press shouted questions, but the monarch did not respond. Online reaction was swift. One royal watcher said people are stunned, asking how Charles can sit front road at a glam event while his brother is in custody. The optics are terrible. An insider said, the King believes stability is paramount. He feels it is important to show the monarchy carries on, and that is what he was doing by attending the fashion event. US President Donald Trump has reacted to the arrest of Andrew mount Batten Windsor, describing the situation as very sad. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Trump said, I think it's a shame. I think it's very sad. I think it's so bad for the royal family.

5:25 It's very very sad to me. It's a very sad thing. The President also praised King Charles, calling him a fantastic man who's obviously coming to our country very soon. Royal insided. Did Crown observed the moment King Charles steps onto American soil and positions himself beside President Trump for the customary handshakes and pleasantries. Every American journalist worth their press credentials will have one question burning in their pocket, and it has nothing to do with trade agreements or the special relationship. Put the two men in the same frame, and you have handed the American Press Corps a gift. They will not leave unwrapped. The palace will be managing that particular minefield very carefully. Indeed, more palaces the moment. Questions have been raised about whether Andrew mount Baton Windsor has sovereign immunity following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

6:17 Sovereign immunity is a legal doctrine under which a sovereign is immune from civil suits or criminal prosecution. In a previous response to a freedom of information request, the Ministry of Justice explained that the monarch is immune from arrest In all cases, the king, as head of state, has sovereign immunity from both civil and criminal proceedings. That is a long established customary rule of law, not statutory provisions reports UK in a changing Europe, that immunity even extends to minor matters such as parking tickets. However, Andrew is not the king. There is nothing in law preventing Andrew mount Baton Windsor from being criminally prosecuted. Sovereign immunity applies only to the reigning monarch. Andrew, who is no longer a working royal and was stripped of his royal titles, does not benefit from that protection. Andrew Lowney, the author of entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York, welcomed the arrest of Andrew, calling it great news and praising police for taking it seriously after years of public pressure.

7:17 Speaking to The Mirror, Lowney said, I didn't expect this. I welcome it. It's what we've been calling for for ages. Shows they're taking it seriously. What a birth they present. Let's hope that they followed through. I think they were all pretty cynical about whether it would happen. It looks like they are taking this seriously. I think the monarchy has been saved. Sky News royal commentator Alistair Bruce said that the detention of the King's brother is the worst possible thing for the Crown and about as critical an event as the institution could have to face. For the King, it must be awful to face this. He is the person in whose name ultimately police constables do their work, and now his brother is a subject of a judicial process.

7:58 Bruce explained, I think it must be ghastly for the King and all members of the royal family to watch this take place. Bruts noted the rarity of such a development, saying the only comparable case involving a sibling of a reigning monarch dates back to fifteen fifty four, when Elizabeth Tudor was detained over her alleged involvement in the Wyat rebellion against her sister, Queen Mary. He said, I think that gives you a sense of how distant it is to the concept of what monarchy is about and how it should serve. The nation is not expecting this kind of thing from someone who was once the son of a sovereign and the brother of a sovereign. Royal commentator Jenny Bond described the arrests probably the worst nightmare for the Palace and for the King. You would think he now is finding himself face to face with the reality of the fact that he is no longer in the privileged position he was in before. Yes, he is arrogant.

8:47 Now he is being ordered. One assumes to do whatever the police is saying he must do. It's something he would never have experienced in his life and it would be his worst nightmare as well. I think Palace Entry will remain on a modified publishing schedule, and there you have it. If you'd like to email us or addresses the palasintrigu at gmail dot com. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice, and check us out on Facebook or Instagram. I'm Mark Francis My thanks to John McDermott this Palace Intrigue in good terms.