Every royal who has been in trouble with the law after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s historic arrest

Andrew Mountbatten-Winsor isn’t the only Royal to have faced a brush with the law of varying degrees. In fact, the link between royalty and police run ins go hundreds of years back in history.

The former prince has faced much scandal in the last couple of years ever since Virginia Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit was levied against him, accusing him of also being closely affiliated with convicted peadophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

Since then, things have only gotten worse with the release of millions of files by the US Department of Justice, which saw Andrew named and pictured countless times.

Now, with his titles stripped and even being arrested on his 66th birthday just last week (19 February), things are ramping up for the brother of the King.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on 19 February (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)

But you might be shocked (or not) to know that Andrew is far from the first member of the Royal family to face legal troubles.

Here is a list of all members who have been caught by the police for one reason or another:

King Charles I

King Charles I, who reigned in the 1600s, was brought to trial in Westminster Hall on 20 January 1649, after the English civil war came to a close.

It was there that he was charged with treason and tyranny, where he argued that a court did not hold authority over him and therefore, could not charge him.

Well, they did, and ended up sending him to his death on 26 January, beheading him days later at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London.

Mary, Queen of Scots

Before King Charles I, came Queen of Scots, who was charged after being found guilty of being involved in the Babington Plot.

The1586 plan involved the plot to assassinate her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, so that she could take the throne.

She was sentenced to death, despite arguing that she had not had access to legal council, had not been able to review the evidence, and also had never been the subject of England, having been from Scotland.

Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death (Getty Stock Images)

Juan Carlos I

Oh, you thought we were just going to talk about the British, didn’t you?

Nope. Even the former Spanish king Juan Carlos I has had his fair share of legal trouble after an inquiry was launched in 2020 to figure out if he had been involved in a €6.7bn deal with Saudi Arabia’s construction of a high-speed rail line between Medina and Mecca by a Spanish consortium.

King Edward VII

Queen Victoria’s eldest son was also one who had a run in with police.

However, this playboy was investigated whilst holding the title of Prince of Wales as a witness to the baccarat scandal.

This was an illegal game of gambling in 1890 that became known to the public when a player outed other players when he himself was accused of cheating.

Prince Edward stood as a witness at the high court.

Princess Anne faced speeding fines (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Princess Anne

Princess Anne, sister to the King, has had a couple of run ins with the law.

However, it all comes from her speedy ways.

At 21, she was warned for speeding 90mph on the M1, five years later, she was fined £40 at Alfreton magistrates court for doing 96mph in a 70mph zone in Derbyshire, then in 1990 she was banned from driving for a month and ordered to pay a £150 fine at a magistrates court in Gloucestershire for two additional speeding offences.

But she wasn’t done. In 2001, Anne was fined £400, then another £30 costs and given five points on her driving licence for breaking a 70mph limit, going 93mph before once again being pulled up one year later for breaking the Dangerous Dogs Act after her three-year-old bull terrier bit two children in Windsor Great Park.

Prince Philip was banned from driving (Photo by Alastair Grant - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Prince Philip

Like father, like daughter.

In 2019, Prince Philip collided with another vehicle near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, leaving the 97-year-old Duke of Edinburgh banned from driving.

Prince Charles

Prince Charles had once been pulled into the interview room by police and questioned over allegations that he had plotted to kill the late Princess Diana.

According to the Daily Mail’s 2021 article, former Metropolitan police commissioner, John Stevens, claimed the King had been interviewed in 2005 due to a note Diana had written alleging she could be killed so Charles could marry their children’s nanny at the time.

Tyla reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.