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Prince William and Kate Middleton made a joint appearance together on February 22, attending the BAFTAs together. It was the Prince and Princess of Wales’s first engagement together since the February 19 arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The British royal family sought to carry on with their normal duties in the hours after the former Prince Andrew was arrested.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the power to abolish the monarchy doesn’t lie with the monarch alone. In fact, there isn’t a whole lot that British Kings and Queens can actually do beyond the bounds of their constitutionally-defined mandate—one that primarily involves tasks such as appointing prime ministers,
King Charles needs to "answer what he knew about Andrew" Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein, said the California Democrat.
A UK government proposal to remove King Charles III’s brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, from the line of succession to the monarchy gained momentum as governments in Australia and New Zealand backed the plan.