Andrew's arrest just King Charles' latest royal crisisBritain's King Charles III has had a turbulent fist years of his reign. afpLONDON - King Charles III has been left wrestling with a new test after the arrest of his brother Andrew, the latest in a series of painful personal shocks to mar his reign. If it is found that "they have been abetting him, enabling him, protecting him, then I think Charles will have to stand aside," he said. For Pauline Maclaran, an academic and royal family expert, Charles is in part a victim of timing. "Andrew was an unexploded bomb that the queen passed on to Charles," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post February 22, 2026 11:32 UTC