A Prince in Custody

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Arrest Shatters His Self-Styled Illusion That Power Stands Above the Law.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor always seemed to believe that consequences were for other people.

For decades, he floated above scandal on a cushion of inherited deference. He was the second son of The Queen, a trade envoy with a title longer than most people’s résumés, a man who mistook proximity to power for immunity from it. Now, at 66, he has experienced …