British police arrested former Prince Andrew on Thursday in connection with his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who turned 66 on the day of his arrest, was taken into custody by the Thames Valley Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The disgraced former prince was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prince-andrew-will-be-stripped-of-titles-moved-out-of-royal-residence-buckingham-palace">stripped</a> of his royal titles in October 2025 following revelations about his ties to Epstein. 
Police provided limited details about the arrest, citing British law, but said they were conducting searches at homes in Berkshire and Norfolk. According to the BBC, law enforcement said &#8220;it was assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material&#8221; with Epstein. This confidential material <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/world-news/ex-prince-andrew-mountbatten-arrested-for-misconduct-in-public-office-over-his-links-to-jeffrey-epstein/">reportedly</a> included trade documents. One <a href="https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00751685.pdf">email</a> from the Epstein files released by the Justice Department showed Mountbatten-Windsor appearing to forward Epstein official trade reports for Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. 
“We understand the significant public interest in this case, and we will provide updates at the appropriate time,” Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said. “Following a thorough assessment, we have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public office.”
If convicted, Mountbatten-Windsor could face life in prison. 
<div id="attachment_1046207" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1046207" class="size-full wp-image-1046207" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-52107904.jpg" alt="ASCOT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Royal Ascot Race Meeting Thursday - Ladies Day. Prince Andrew, The Duke Of York and Jeffrey Epstein (far right) At Ascot. With them are Edward (far left) and Caroline Stanley (in pink), the Earl and Countess of Derby. " width="1024" height="672" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-52107904.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-52107904-300x197.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-52107904-878x576.jpg 878w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/02/GettyImages-52107904-768x504.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Credit: Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images.</div>
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who died by apparent suicide last year, alleged that Mountbatten-Windsor sexually abused her when she was 17. He previously <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60667111">settled</a> a civil lawsuit brought by Giuffre in 2022 without admitting wrongdoing.
“He knows what he’s done and he can attest to that,” Giuffre said in 2019. “He knows exactly what he’s done and I hope he comes clean about it.”
Giuffre&#8217;s family welcomed the arrest.
&#8220;Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty,&#8221; they said. &#8220;He was never a prince.&#8221;
&#8220;For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you,” they added. 
In a statement, King Charles III called for a fair investigation into Mountbatten-Windsor. 
&#8220;I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office. What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities,” he said. 
&#8220;In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation,” the king added. “Let me state clearly: the law must take its course. As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all.”
The Justice Department&#8217;s release of the Epstein files has rocked the United Kingdom, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer over reported ties between former U.K. ambassador to the United States Lord Peter Mandelson and Epstein.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that a high profile alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre, was among the staff members that Epstein poached from his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The president discussed the convicted sex offender, who died in a Manhattan prison from apparent suicide in 2019, as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from Scotland on Tuesday. He shared that he and Epstein, who were formerly friends, fell out over Epstein&#8217;s focus on Trump&#8217;s employees.
“People were taken out of the spa, hired by him. In other words, gone,” Trump told reporters. “When I heard about it, I told him, I said, listen, we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa &#8230; and he was fine. And not too long after, he did it again. And I said, outta here.”
“I have a great spa,” the president added. “One of the best spas in the world at Mar-a-Lago.”
Trump had said on Monday that he ended his relationship with Epstein after Epstein &#8220;stole people who worked&#8221; for him. Asked by a reporter if one of those individuals who Epstein &#8220;stole&#8221; was Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, Trump responded: “I think so. I think that was one of the people.&#8221;
&#8220;He stole her,&#8221; added Trump, noting, &#8220;And by the way, she had no complaints about us whatsoever.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s comments come after legacy outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-told-trump-his-name-was-in-epstein-files-no-actionable-allegations-found">broke the news</a> that during a May briefing on the Epstein case, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump that his name, and the names of other high-profile figures, came up in her examination of the Epstein documents that are not public.
It was already publicly reported that Trump&#8217;s name appears in the Epstein documents, given that public files include his name and hundreds of others. The two men were openly friendly before they fell out (reportedly because Trump found Epstein to be a &#8220;creep&#8221;) and Epstein was no longer welcome at Mar-A-Lago, administration officials previously shared with The Daily Wire.
Asked by reporters whether he stopped being friends with Epstein because he was a creep or because he was stealing employees, Trump responded: “Well maybe they’re the same thing, sort of a little bit of the same thing. He took people that worked for me and I told him don’t do it anymore, and he did it, so I said stay the hell out of here.”
<div id="attachment_953993" style="width: 731px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-epstein-stole-employees-from-mar-a-lago-spa-including-accuser-virginia-giuffre/trump-knauss-epstein-maxwell-at-mar-a-lago" rel="attachment wp-att-953993"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-953993" class="wp-image-953993 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-721x576.jpg" alt="" width="721" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-721x576.jpg 721w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-300x240.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-768x614.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px" /></a>Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, former model Melania Knauss, financier Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)</div>
“As part of our routine briefing, we made the president aware of the findings,” Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, shared in a joint statement. “Nothing in the files warranted further investigation or prosecution.”
The Justice Department posted a July 7 <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> declaring that after an “exhaustive review” of the Epstein files, it had found no incriminating “client list” or “credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals. &#8220;No further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted,&#8221; the DOJ said, sparking massive backlash from both the Left and the Right.
Amid ongoing criticism and calls for more transparency, Blanche revealed that he would interview Epstein&#8217;s infamous cohort Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking.
“If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Blanche <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1947622027587723365" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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Virginia Giuffre, the most prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s sexual abuse, has died by apparent suicide, her family announced Friday.
&#8220;It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,&#8221; her family <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-giuffre-one-jeffrey-epsteins-prominent-abuse-survivors-dies-s-rcna203027?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&amp;taid=680c30990c1f320001019d49&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement to NBC News. &#8220;She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.&#8221;
Giuffre, who was 41, leaves behind a husband and three children. The family lived in Australia.
Giuffre was involved in several legal actions targeting Epstein.
She <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-predator-prowling-the-streets-the-trial-of-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a defamation lawsuit against Epstein&#8217;s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, whom she accused of grooming her for Epstein’s abuse when she was a 16-year-old spa attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach (Trump reportedly later <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510604-book-claims-trump-barred-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-after-financier-hit">banned</a> Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in 2007 for harassing another member’s teenage daughter). Giuffre said the sexual abuse she suffered included lessons on Epstein’s oral sex preferences.
Giuffre also sued Prince Andrew, claiming the British royal sexually abused her when she was 17. The prince has denied the accusations.
Last month, Giuffre <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/virginia-giuffre-death-updates-epstein-b2739856.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparked</a> alarm when she posted a photo on Instagram of herself in a hospital bed, saying doctors had told her she had &#8220;four days to live&#8221; after a car crash with a school bus. However, she was discharged nearly a week later.
Giuffre was one of the first people to call for criminal charges against Epstein, and other Epstein victims credited her with giving them the courage to speak out.
&#8220;Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors,&#8221; the statement said. “In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.&#8221;
Epstein was found dead at 66 in what was ruled a suicide in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019. He was awaiting trial after being accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
The lurid details of his alleged sex ring include accusations that he procured underage girls for prominent men on his private island in the Virgin Islands, Little St. James.

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Virginia Giuffre, who was a victim of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking ring, posted a photograph of herself claiming she had only four days to live roughly a week and a half before she was to face a judge for allegedly breaching a family violence restraining order. The social media post, however, was &#8220;a mistake,&#8221; according to her spokesman, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14561425/Jeffrey-Epstein-victim-Virginia-Giuffre-perth-charges-court-crash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
On March 22, Giuffre, who has three teenage children with her husband of 22 years, Robert, stated on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHfzrupSu60/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> that her children had been “poisoned with lies.” On March 24, Giuffre was in a car that was hit by a school bus. Police described the accident as a minor bus crash. “It was reported by the bus driver. We have no report of any serious injuries,” Acting Western Australian Police Commissioner Kylie Whiteley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esIr9e5FQg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.
But on Sunday, March 30, Giuffre posted a photo of herself on Instagram in which she appeared bruised all over the left side of her face, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14561425/Jeffrey-Epstein-victim-Virginia-Giuffre-perth-charges-court-crash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a> that she was given just &#8220;four days to live.&#8221;
“This year has been the worst start to a new year, but I won’t bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can. I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology. I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes.”
A spokesman for Giuffre said on Wednesday that she &#8220;made a mistake,&#8221; and Giuffre&#8217;s family issued a <a href="https://people.com/virginia-giuffre-crash-epstein-accuser-condition-worsened-11707030">statement</a> saying the Instagram post was meant to be private. Medical sources also told the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14561425/Jeffrey-Epstein-victim-Virginia-Giuffre-perth-charges-court-crash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> that Guiffre does not have only days to live.
&#8220;Virginia thanks everyone for the outpouring of love and support. She is overwhelmed with gratitude. Today she remains in serious condition while receiving medical care,&#8221; the family wrote. &#8220;On March 24, in rural Western Australia, a school bus hit the car in which she was riding. The police were called but said that there was no one available to come to the scene. They asked if anyone was injured and suggested that if they were, they should make their way to the hospital.&#8221;
After writing that Giuffre returned home after the accident, they added, “Virginia&#8217;s condition worsened and she was admitted to the hospital. Concerning her Instagram post, Virginia thought that she had posted on her private Facebook page. Virginia and her family thank everyone for their concern.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghislaine Maxwell</a>, co-conspirator of the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, refused to comply with requests to turn over documents pertaining to any connection she may have had with the Clinton Foundation, newly unsealed documents revealed.
The documents, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/names-of-jeffrey-epsteins-associates-to-be-unsealed-with-few-exceptions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unsealed</a> pursuant to a mid-December ruling handed down by Manhattan Federal Judge Loretta Preska, were part of a civil lawsuit filed by Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Maxwell. And while thus far they have focused on the criminal behavior of both Epstein and Maxwell, newly-released documents have begun to shed light on associates who may have been aware of the financier&#8217;s crimes.
The latest documents mentioned former Polish model Adriana Ross – who was named as an <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6184602-Jeffrey-Epstein-non-prosecution-agreement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">un-indicted co-conspirator</a> in Epstein&#8217;s 2008 non-prosecution agreement — and alleged that she had been the one to remove computers from Epstein&#8217;s home in Palm Beach before the FBI arrived to search the house.
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Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre were seeking Ghislaine Maxwell&#39;s communications with Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton <a href="https://t.co/i4yDdI8COq">pic.twitter.com/i4yDdI8COq</a>
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Another document revealed that during the discovery phase of the suit, Giuffre had requested communications between Maxwell and just over a dozen &#8220;specific witnesses&#8221; — among them former President Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton.
In addition to magician <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-whats-in-the-epstein-docs-so-far" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Copperfield</a> — whose name appeared in the first tranche of documents because he had allegedly asked one of the girls at Epstein&#8217;s home whether she was &#8220;aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls&#8221; — disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein also made an appearance in Epstein&#8217;s call logs.
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Who else makes an appearance on the Epstein call logs? 
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Maxwell also reportedly refused to comply when she got a discovery request for documents pertaining to any connection she had with the Clinton Foundation &#8212; specifically in an effort to determine whether she was receiving any funding from the Clinton Foundation that might &#8220;provide a clear motive for her to slant testimony on this subject.&#8221;
In another document, a witness described seeing Britain&#8217;s disgraced Prince Andrew — along with his wife, Sarah Ferguson — at Epstein&#8217;s home. The same witness also recalled seeing independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Donald Trump at the house as well, but said that when Prince Andrew visited, he stayed for weeks at a time.
Trump, according to one witness, never stayed at Epstein&#8217;s home — and did not even sit at the main table with Epstein and other guests, choosing instead to eat in the kitchen with staff.
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Witness describes meeting &quot;President Clinton on Mr. Epstein&#39;s plane.&quot;
Note: that was not the Epstein/Clinton Africa trip. <a href="https://t.co/1RSRxirbcW">pic.twitter.com/1RSRxirbcW</a>
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Another witness reported seeing Clinton on Epstein&#8217;s plane during at least one trip that was not the well-publicized trip to Africa.

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