The arrest of the ex-Prince Andrew on Thursday marks the first time a senior British royal has been taken into custody in 400 years — and the last time it ended in beheading.
King Charles I was forced from the throne and put on trial — then convicted in 1649 of waging a ruthless civil war against his own people.
Ex-Prince Andrew is the first royal in modern history to be arrested. Getty ImagesCharles I was exposed as a “tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy,” a court ruled at the time. He was then publicly executed in London on Jan. 30, 1649 at age 48.
Andrew, 66, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was arrested on his birthday by Thames Valley police and accused of sharing official secrets with longtime pal Jeffrey Epstein, is the little brother of King Charles III, who took the name when he took the throne in 2022.
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Previously, Charles III and Andrew’s sister, Princess Anne became the first royal to be convicted of a criminal offense in modern history.
She was convicted under the UK’s Dangerous Dogs Act in 2002 after her bull terrier bit two children in Windsor’s Great Park in April of that year and was fined $670 for the attack and ordered to pay $330 in compensation.
She was not arrested in the case.
