"Long way to have fallen": Prince Andrew's dramatic fall from royal life to police custody

Ian Collins speaks to royal journalist Valentine Low after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.Low says the Jeffrey Epstein saga has been “dogging him for years and years and years” but that the latest allegations around the alleged disclosure of confidential government information take the case “to a different realm”. He also warns the offence is serious but “a notoriously difficult charge to make stick” with a “high bar” for prosecutors.Discussing the dramatic fall from royal life to police custody, Low reflects that Andrew is someone who “always stood on his dignity” and that this represents “a long way to have fallen”. Ian and Valentine examine what happens next, from potential bail to the legal battle ahead, as the royal crisis deepens.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denies any wrongdoing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.