Prince Andrew Dined at the Presidential Palace in Panama 16 Years Ago
Andrew visited Panama in February 2010 and dined at the Presidential Palace with Ricardo Martinelli and shook hands with the business elite. His close ties with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were already operating behind the scenes.
Former Prince Andrew Is Released After Being Arrested Amid Epstein Revelations
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen leaving police custody on Thursday evening after being detained on suspicions of misconduct in public office. The police said the investigation was continuing. The British police on Thursday evening released Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, after taking him into custody for several hours, intensifying a long-running crisis for the monarchy over his ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The authorities had arrested the former prince on suspicions of misconduct in public office after accusations that he shared confidential information with Mr. Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy. Under British law, suspects are often released after questioning but later charged. Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles III, was released under investigation by British police almost 11 hours after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with the Epstein case.
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Thames Valley Police, who are leading the investigation, confirmed today in a brief statement that they had released a man “in his sixties” under investigation. He had been arrested this Thursday in Norfolk (eastern England), and they had concluded their inquiries in the area, without identifying him as Andréw. However, the former Duke of York, who turned 66 today, was photographed this Thursday inside a car as he left the police station in the town of Aylsham, in Norfolk (eastern England), where he had been questioned by the authorities after being arrested this morning at his private estate in Sandringham.
In the image, taken almost 11 hours after his arrest, Andrés can be seen reclining in the back seat of the vehicle with his eyes wide open and his hands clasped. Thames Valley Police, the force to which Windsor belongs, where Andrew resided until his recent forced departure from his Royal Lodge mansion, indicated that the investigation into several properties in the Berkshire region is still ongoing. After learning of the arrest, King Charles III issued a brief statement this morning in which he expressed his “deep concern” about the arrest of his brother Andrew, although he sided with the authorities, maintained that “the law must take its course” and kept to his public schedule.
The controversy surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of all his titles and honors by his brother in October, has deepened after emails released by the US Department of Justice revealed that the former prince provided Epstein with sensitive British government documents during his time as the UK’s special envoy for trade and investment. A few days ago, Thames Valley Police reported that they were evaluating that information to decide whether to proceed with a criminal investigation.
The Epstein Papers scandal has caused a seismic shock to the British monarchy, which is going through a rough patch, after Andrew became the first senior member of the British royal family in modern history to be arrested on Thursday. Although he has always denied his involvement in Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring, his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, and now Charles III, have taken steps to gradually remove him from public life to mitigate reputational damage to the monarchy.
