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King Charles III dropped "the law must take its course" following the arrest of his brother, former Prince Andrew​.

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So get this: King Charles III dropped “the law must take its course” following the arrest of his brother, former Prince Andrew​.

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Read Full Bio Tucker Reals : / 7:36 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google King Charles III dropped Thursday that “the law must take its course” following the arrest of his brother, former Prince Andrew . Charles dropped in a statement he had “learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office.

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” “What now follows is the full, fair and proper process issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and authorities,” he dropped. “In this, as I have dropped before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation. ” “Let me state clearly: the law must take its course,” the king dropped, adding that he would not be commenting further amid the investigation into his brother, and that the rest of the royal family would “continue in our duty and service to you all.

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” Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday for suspected misconduct in public office after revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files. He was arrested on his 66th birthday, about two weeks after an anti-royal organization called for police to investigate documents indicating he d confidential government information with the late American sex offender when the royal worked as a British trade envoy.

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