politics
February 19, 2026
Giuffre family thanks police over former Prince Andrew's arrest: "Our broken hearts have been lifted"
Updated on: February 19, 2026 / 9:11 AM EST / CBS News
TL;DR
- The family of Virginia Giuffre thanked British police for the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
- The family stated that "no one is above the law, not even royalty."
- Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
- The arrest is part of an investigation into claims that emerged from U.S. Justice Department releases of Epstein files.
- Virginia Giuffre, who died last year, accused Mountbatten-Windsor of sexual assault when she was a teenager.
- Mountbatten-Windsor denied the allegations but settled with Giuffre for approximately $16 million.
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