1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Hey, let's go to Vincent mcavenie, a UK europe correspondent 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: with his really only one thing happening. Apparently Andrew mount 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Betten Windsor has been arrested. If you were just waking 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: to this news, big story, big crisis for the royal family. 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: Well more of an ongoing story, but quite at the 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: development overnight. So let's go to Vincent. Now, Vincent, so 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: what happened? How did this all shake out? 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 2: A huge day here in the UK. The King's brother 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: was arrested this morning at eight am on his sixty 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: sixth birthday, after several unmarked police cars surrounded the temporary 11 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: property that he's staying in in Norfolk, on the King's 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 2: Sandringham estate. He was taken to a nearby police station 13 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: where we believe he is being questioned. They are able 14 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: to hold him for some twenty four hours. Meanwhile, other 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: police officers are searching Royal Lodge, which is the home 16 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: in Windsor that he's just been evicted from. And as 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: the King has given a statement, the King and the 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: rest of the royal family were not made aware of 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: this at all in advance, and in a statement the 20 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: King has said that they are deeply concerned about the news, 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: but he has said that they are full and wholehearted 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 2: in their support and cooperation with the police, saying that 23 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: he says, let me state clearly the law must take 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 2: its course. So a very remarkable situation here in the UK. 25 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: We have not had a member of the royal family 26 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: arrested like this. You have to go back about three 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: hundred and fifty years since a member of the royal 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: family was sort of captured in any way. So it 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: is a huge day and a very difficult situation for 30 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: the Royal family. 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: Now he hasn't actually been charged with anything yet, is. 32 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: He No, not yet. Now there are at least we 33 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: think eight investigations currently going on at the moment into 34 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: Epstein in his links with the UK. This is being 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: led by Thames Valley Police, which is the police for 36 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: that covers Windsor, and they're investigating these allegations that whilst 37 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: he was a UK Trade envoy in the two thousands 38 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: and the early twenty tens, Andrew as we saw, we 39 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: think from the Epstein emails, was leaking sensitive government information, 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: documents and briefings to Epstein, and that is the kind 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 2: of nature of this arrest. Now he has always denied 42 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: any wrongdoing, but this could just be the start of 43 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 2: a long process because multiple police forces in the UK 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: are investigating Epstein's travel in and out of this country 45 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: on as private jet and allegations that he was trafficking 46 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 2: women to meet Andrew Mantbatten Windsor. There is also now 47 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: an investigation within the Met Police within the Diplomatic Protection 48 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: teams who provided security for Andrew when he traveled, because 49 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: there are allegations that they turned a blind eye to 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: things that they shouldn't have done whilst they went with 51 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: him to the island which Epstein owned in the Caribbean. 52 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 2: So it is moving pretty quickly here in the UK, 53 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: you know, it is. It's very tricky for the royal 54 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: family and even for the police because of the way 55 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 2: our laws are in terms of giving kind of commentary 56 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: and anything else. So we don't know sort of specifically 57 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: yet any the details of why they've pulled him in, 58 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 2: why they've done it this kind of way, but we 59 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: expect that he will be we think, either charged or 60 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: released in the next twenty four hours and then could 61 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: be charged at a later date. But there are more 62 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: investigations ongoing. 63 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, because My understanding is white collar crime like this 64 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: should get pulled and could be a couple of hours 65 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: and they'll let you go on bail. Do we know 66 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: exactly where he is right now or I'm sure at 67 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: the stage. 68 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: We know he's at the police station being questioned right now. 69 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: We do think that, I mean, one of the reasons 70 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: potentially why they moved in this way doing it, you know, 71 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: because they could have asked him to come in for 72 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: question questioning there is that you know, he is potentially 73 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: a flight risk. We saw that with the former King 74 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: of Spain who disappeared to the Middle East when he 75 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: was facing serious, you know, accusations, and you know, also 76 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: didn't give him any time to kind of prep all 77 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: answers with a legal team or anything like that in advance. 78 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: He will have access to a lawyer today in this questioning. 79 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 2: But you know, they obviously thought that there was enough 80 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: here that they needed to move quickly. 81 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: All right. Vincent mecavinnie a UK europe correspondent. 82 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 2: For more from early edition with Ryan Bridge, Listen live 83 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: to news Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or 84 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.