As U.K. Arrests Ex-Prince Andrew, Will U.S. Authorities Hold Anyone Accountable over Epstein Ties?

[Uncle Joe]

British police released former Prince Andrew on Thursday after 11 hours in custody, with his shocking arrest earlier in the day making him the first senior British royal to be arrested in nearly 400 years. Police are probing his connections to the deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and whether he shared classified government information with him while serving as a U.K. trade representative from 2001 to 2011. King Charles’ brother, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after being stripped of his royal title, is the most high-profile figure in the U.K. to be implicated in a widening scandal over ties to Epstein, who died in a New York jail in 2019 awaiting trial on sex trafficking. Authorities did not reference sexual abuse allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor or Epstein’s sex trafficking case; Mountbatten-Windsor settled a lawsuit with Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 2022 and has denied all wrongdoing.

Investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr says this week’s arrest feels like a “rupture” in British society because the royals are seen as “sacrosanct” and rarely subjected to such treatment. “And in America, what are we seeing? We’re seeing this sort of culture of complete impunity, where it appears the law is not equal, where there are people who are above it.”

[Xipe Totec]

1. The Andrew formerly known as prince. nt

[Uncle Joe]

2. I keep of thinking of the lyrics from Neil Diamond's song in reverse

"Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of being a king
And then became one"

https://genius.com/Neil-diamond-im-i-said-lyrics

[SheltieLover]

3. That would break the United States of Extortion golden rule

[sop]

4. "Will U.S. Authorities Hold Anyone Accountable over Epstein Ties?"

Epstein and Maxwell, the ones at the center of this, were held accountable (Trump will likely pardon Maxwell), but their wealthy clients are being protected. Maybe the next AG and DOJ will pursue these cases.

[gfarber]

5. Accountability Chances

There once was a monarch named Chuck
Who said, “Let the law test its luck.
If Andrew’s in doubt,
Let justice sort out—
No titles can shield him from muck.”

Across the wide Atlantic’s expanse,
A different king strutted his stance.
“Innocent! Innocent!” he cried,
Four times in one stride—
If roosters kept count, they’d all dance.

When Europe pulled back velvet rope,
And showed there was room yet for hope,
They asked with a frown,
“Why can’t you clamp down
On power that slips through to cope?”

In Britain the gears seem to grind,
Through privilege tightly entwined.
A prince can be booked,
His honors unhooked—
No special exemptions assigned.

But stateside the picture looks grim,
Where justice appears on a whim.
If friends are too grand,
Or close to the hand,
Accountability’s chances grow slim.

The victims once lifted their plea,
“We spoke to the DOJ—see?
We waited for word,
But nothing we heard—
Just silence where answers should be.”

If rings of exploitation spun wide,
And wealth kept the wolves at their side,
Shouldn’t someone inquire
Who fed that dark fire,
And who let the evidence slide?

So here’s to a law that is blind,
Not swayed by a title or kind.
For crowns or for clans,
For presidents’ plans—
Let justice not lag far behind.