Ex-Prince Andrew’s Post-Arrest Photo Hung in Paris’ Louvre Museum



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  • The infamous photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor slumped in the back of a car after being released from police custody has been hung in Paris’ Louvre museum by activists
  • People Vs Elon, a U.K.-based organization set up to help causes that they perceive to be targeted by the X owner, stuck the framed images on the wall alongside the caption, “He’s Sweating Now”
  • The former prince was arrested on the morning of Thursday, Feb 19, on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s historic post-arrest photograph has been hung in Paris’ Louvre Museum by activists.

People Vs Elon, a U.K.-based organization set up to help causes that they perceive to be targeted by X owner, Elon Musk, shared a TikTok clip of them carrying out the stunt. The group stuck a small framed copy of the infamous image onto the walls of the gallery. Underneath, they captioned it, “He’s Sweating Now,” a reference to the 66-year-old former royal’s claims that he did not sweat.

The group captioned their upload, “they say ‘hang it in the louvre’. So we did #princeandrew.”

The photograph depicts the former prince slumped in the back of an SUV after being released from  Aylsham Police Station in Norfolk, after spending 11 hours in police custody.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, younger brother of Britain’s King Charles, formerly known as Prince Andrew, leaves Aylsham Police Station.

REUTERS/Phil Noble


Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on the morning of Thursday, February 19 — his 66th birthday. Around 8 a.m. local time, police officers arrived at Wood Farm in Norfolk, located in King Charles’ Sandringham estate, where Andrew recently moved after being forced to surrender the lease on Royal Lodge.

Following his release, Thames Valley Police issued an updated statement confirming the release of a “man in his sixties from Norfolk,” although Andrew was not named. “The arrested man has now been released under investigation,” they said.

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Police added that their searches in Norfolk had concluded but searches in Berkshire, where Andrew’s former home of Royal Lodge is located, were still underway. 

Ex-Prince Andrew, April 2021.

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Meanwhile, the photographer who snapped Andrew’s release image is revealing how he captured the now-viral image.

In a video shared to Reuters’ official Instagram account on Friday, Feb. 20, Phil Noble, a senior photographer for the news agency, said that he traveled to “four or five” different police stations on Thursday, Feb. 19, after learning of Andrew’s arrest that morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of the former Prince’s departure from custody. Not seeing much activity, Noble was returning to his hotel before receiving a tip-off that the former prince was set to be released.

“Within one minute of arriving back, the shutters on the garage at the police station came up, and two cars left. One of them, he was in,” Noble said, noting that capturing the image was “more luck than judgement.”

Noble continued, “There are so many moving parts, you don’t know where the car is going to come from, where he’s going to be sitting in the car,” Noble said. “The photo gods were on my side.”





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