Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor latest: Police search of Royal Lodge enters second day after Andrew released from custody

Here are how some of the UK’s national newspapers have covered the story in this morning’s editions.

“Andrew arrested as King leaves him to his fate”, reports The Independent. You can read Holly Evans’s full story here.

“The arrest of Andrew” is The Times’ headline, calling the situation the "biggest crisis for the monarchy since the abdication".

The Sun’s headline of “Now he’s sweating” references Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 2019 interview with Newsnight, when he claimed a medical condition prevented him from sweating.

The Guardian leads with the King’s statement about his brother.

Several unmarked police vans were seen arriving at Royal Lodge, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former Berkshire home, on Friday morning.

Members of the media are gathered at the gates of the estate, where security staff were monitoring vehicles passing through.

Police are carrying out searches at homes linked to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after his shock arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Thames Valley Police confirmed officers were searching properties in both Berkshire, where his previous home of two decades, Royal Lodge, is situated, and Norfolk, where he currently lives on the King’s Sandringham estate.

The former prince was forced to give up his grade II-listed 30-room mansion in January after continued public backlash over his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Political reporter Athena Stavrou reports:

A Conservative MP has responded to the “shocking scenes” which saw the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taken into police custody.

Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie told Times Radio the King is “absolutely right” in saying “the law must take its course”.

“I don't think anybody when this first arose over 10 years ago…expected it to end like this. In those images that we saw last night of former Prince Andrew returning home."

He added: “It’s right and proper that all of us in the public sphere give the police the time and space to conduct their investigations thoroughly, and that's exactly what should happen there.”

Thames Valley Police denied briefing the Home Office before the arrest, but issued a statement from the National Police Chiefs' Council to clarify that the council did so.

The statement read: "In line with routine practice, the National Police Chiefs' Council alerted operational colleagues within the Home Office of the arrest. This gave 30 minutes' notice before Thames Valley Police made the arrest."

It is also understood neither the King nor Buckingham Palace was informed before the arrest.

Political reporter Athena Stavrou reports:

Ed Davey has said parliament should ensure the monarchy is more transparent going forward in order to avoid a future crisis.

Asked if parliament should take action following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, the Liberal Democrat leader said: “I think it's very important the police allowed to do their work…separate from parliament.

“I think more broadly going forward, we do need to see more transparency, and parliament has a really important role to play.

“I think we need to help the monarchy get over this, it’s really important part of our of our country. And the way that that we will go forward, is having more transparency over how they operate.”

A former police chief has given some insight into how Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have been treated on Thursday following his arrest.

Andy Trotter, former deputy chief constable at British Transport Police, said Thames Valley Police would have been “absolutely clear” that he will be treated the same as anybody else.

“No better, no worse than anyone else,” he told Sky News.

“He would come through the exact same procedure as search, photographs, DNA, fingerprints, etc and obviously [offered a] lawyer, if they wanted to, to attend for any interview that might follow.

“I think the more unusual the case, the more what you've got to stick to the regular procedures so that there's no difference from the way this person has been treated from any other.”