# The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor.md Podcast: [The News Meeting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716) Published: 2026-02-19T15:41:45+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-news-meeting/episodes/69972f10f8a4f13cfff202d1 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6447cb7391dbd3001135bccf/e/69972f10f8a4f13cfff202d1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-meeting-5853716/episodes/the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor Duration seconds: 1317 ## Resource Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew the Duke of York, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. In this episode, Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Political Editor Rachel Sylvester, Home Affairs Editor John Simpson and Professor of the History of Monarchy at City, University of London, Anna Whitelock. They discuss the details of the arrest, possible fallout and impact on the Monarchy.   Join us at the next The News Meeting Live on Thursday, the 26th of February: https://observer.co.uk/our-events/the-news-meeting-live-8   **We want to hear what you think! Email us at: newsmeeting@observer.co.uk   Follow us on Social Media:  @ObserverUK on X  @theobserveruk on Instagram and TikTok @theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ on bluesky  Host: Giles Whittell  Producer: Casey Magloire  Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett To find out more about The Observer: Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content Head to our website observer.co.uk   Download the Observer app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-meeting-5853716/episodes/the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-meeting-5853716/the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.