Why Harry and Meghan are staying quiet over Andrew’s arrest

February 22, 2026 — 7:45pm

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London: Amid the noise, the regret and the recriminations, one branch of the royal family has remained uncharacteristically silent.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have opted not to add their voices to the many who seemingly feel obliged to chime in on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s cataclysmic arrest and period in police custody.

Why? Because for all of Prince Harry’s simmering anger and frustration at being endlessly “lumped together” with his errant uncle, he recognises that, for once, no good can come of pitching in on his family’s shame.

The duke made his views on Andrew all too clear in his memoir, Spare.

It was, he indicated, astonishing to him that while he and Meghan were being stripped of their taxpayer-funded security for simply opting out of the institution and choosing to live abroad, Andrew,........

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