Outro

Britain is now debating removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after the former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in relation to the Epstein files. He denies all wrongdoing. In the US, however, ‘the Epstein class’ has faced little legal or political reckoning. The Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, speaks to Reged Ahmad about how Mountbatten-Windsor’s UK arrest highlights a lack of action in the US on the Epstein files