Police search royal mansion as investigation continues on Prine Andrew

British police were searching the former mansion of King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Friday after a photograph of the royal emerging from a police station was splashed on newspapers around the world.



Mountbatten-Windsor was ⁠arrested on Thursday, his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein when ​he was a trade envoy.



The ‌former prince was released under investigation after being held by police for more than 10 hours.



He has not been charged with any offence but looked haunted in a Reuters photograph after his release, slumped in the back of a Range Rover, eyes red and with a look of disbelief on his face.



The photograph of a man who was once a dashing naval officer and reputed favourite son of the late Queen Elizabeth was carried on the front ‌page of newspapers in Britain ‌and around the world, accompanied ​by headlines such as "Downfall".



Mountbatten-Windsor has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who took his own life in 2019, and said he regrets their friendship.