So what were the police waiting for?

Probably for the media and the Daily Mail in particular to stop covering up and giving political cover to Andrew.  Year after year after year after year after year after year since 2019 we've been exposed to a regular diet of excuses, whitewash and he's innocent till proven guilty hogwash as one of the obviously biggest public liars, crooks and dodgy dirty old men was paraded in front of us like a prize pig.  

Turning up to the meetings of the Knights of the Garter in full regalia, photo bombing official events.  Appearing shamelessly at any and every function with his mum as if to rub it in our faces that he's untouchable... Even in September 2025 despite security funding having taken place in 2024, there was still a whole Prince Andrew Page on the Royal Family website (see here) stating that "On 13 January 2022, Buckingham Palace announced that, with Queen Elizabeth II's approval and agreement, The Duke of York’s military affiliations and Royal patronages would be returned to Her late Majesty, and The Duke would not return to public duties. Prior to stepping back from public life, The Duke of York undertook a wide range of public work, with a strong economic and business focus."  Andrew was de-Princed only in November 2025 and has only been de-Duked in 2026... because ... well...

It's only that the Epstein file dumps from the US are so complete and unarguable that it has forced the establishment to act after only 5 years of trying to sweep it all under the carpet and finding the bump is too large.  Checking the flight logs of private jets?  That's something they could have done years ago.  Even now we have the sorry sight of Andrew being repeatedly asked to testify by the US Congress and everyone in the Establishment wringing their hands and pretending that if he doesn't want to go nothing can be done.  

But it can.  They could get the list of questions off Congress and drag Andrew before a Select Committee where not answering truthfully would place him in contempt of Parliament.  Or better still they could launch a full Judge led Public Inquiry into the Epstein scandal, then if Andrew lied on oath it'd be perjury.  And the chances of that?  More likely to see a pig with wings...

Still Chuck is very concerned... At least for the monarchy... If not for the victims...

I've heard some people questioning whether there is something unseemly and French Revolution in the hounding of Prince Andrew.  

What after years of Lizzie and Chuck trying to force feed us Andrew - even keeping his page on the Royal Website?

Well, it's not that I don't have any sympathy but that's not stopping me sitting on a stool in the front with my ball of wool like the best tricoteuse.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor emailed them all

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had a great fall

All the King's media and his spinmen

Couldn't put Andrew together again