Girl Victoria Hervey, the ex-girlfriend of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (previously Prince Andrew) seems to have likened the eye surrounding his arrest to a “blood sport.”
Posting through her X account on Friday, February 20, Hervey, 49, wrote,“There’s a feeding frenzy happening proper now which may solely be in comparison with a blood sport like fox looking.”
Hervey didn’t point out Andrew immediately within the publish, however she has been a staunch supporter of the previous royal prior to now as controversy swirled surrounding his ties to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace on Thursday, February 19, which was additionally his 66th birthday.
Virginia Giuffre‘s household is talking out following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor‘s arrest, years after she accused the previous prince of sexual abuse. “Ultimately,” learn an announcement from Sky and Amanda Roberts and Danny and Lanette Wilson on Thursday, February 19, per the As we speak present. “As we speak our damaged hearts have been lifted on the information that no (…)
The U.Ok.’s Thames Valley Police mentioned in an announcement that it has “arrested a person in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace.” It added that searches are being carried out in Berkshire and Norfolk.
Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright later mentioned in an announcement, “Following an intensive evaluation, we now have now opened an investigation into this allegation of misconduct in public workplace.”
“It is vital that we defend the integrity and objectivity of our investigation as we work with our companions to analyze this alleged offense,” he continued. “We perceive the numerous public curiosity on this case, and we’ll present updates on the applicable time.”
Girl Victoria Hervey.
(Picture by Charley Gallay/Getty Photographs for BAFTA LA)After Andrew’s arrest, King Charles III, who stripped his brother of his “prince” title in November 2025, issued an announcement.
“I’ve discovered with the deepest concern the information about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public workplace. What now follows is the total, truthful and correct course of by which this situation is investigated within the applicable method and by the suitable authorities. On this, as I’ve mentioned earlier than, they’ve our full and wholehearted assist and cooperation,” Charles, 77, mentioned in an announcement issued by Buckingham Palace on Thursday. “Let me state clearly: the legislation should take its course.”
Us Weekly has beforehand reached out to Andrew’s lawyer and Buckingham Palace for remark.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at his Sandringham property in Norfolk, England, on Thursday, February 19 — his 66th birthday. The UK’s Thames Valley Police confirmed that that they had “arrested a person in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace.” Whereas they didn’t reveal the suspect’s id, on account of nationwide (…)
Hervey has publicly defended Andrew for the reason that royal’s affiliation with Epstein resurfaced in 2019. Following Andrew’s notorious BBC Newsnight interview in November 2019, Hervey surprisingly steered the stunning TV look proved his innocence to her.
“I watched it and I assumed, there isn’t any means, if he’s responsible, that he would go onto tv and do an interview like that. There’s no means,” she insisted to Good Morning Britain on the time.
Andrew was sued by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre over sexual assault allegations in 2021 and settled the lawsuit for a personal sum the next 12 months. Hervey ceaselessly spoke out in protection of Andrew, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025.
In a Good Morning Britain interview in 2019, Hervey claimed had a short-lived romance with Andrew after his break up from Sarah Ferguson. (Andrew and Ferguson wed in 1986 and welcomed two youngsters, Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie35, earlier than divorcing in 1996.)
“It was not likely (courting), we had a few dinners collectively,” she advised the British morning present on the time. “And that was across the identical time (as I met Epstein), I feel it was round 1999, 2000.”
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