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U.K. police arrest ex-envoy Peter Mandelson in Epstein case, release him on bail
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Former U.K. Ambassador and Government Minister Peter Mandelson was released on bail pending further investigation, London police said in the early hours of Tuesday (February 24, 2026) after he was detained over allegations related to Jeffrey Epstein-linked documents.
“A 72-year-old man arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office has been released on bail pending further investigation,” the Metropolitan police said in a statement.
Earlier, London police on Monday (February 23, 2026) arrested former ambassador Peter Mandelson in a probe into allegations over his ties to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, only days after ex-prince Andrew was detained.
Mr. Mandelson, a pivotal figure in British politics and the U.K.'s former envoy to Washington, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following allegations arising from the latest set of documents linked to Epstein, released by the U.S. government last month.
"Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
Images on UK television appeared to show Mandelson, 72, being driven away from his north London home accompanied by a man and a woman, after police raided his properties earlier this month.
"He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview," the Met added.
The arrest comes days after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles III's younger brother, was detained on Thursday and released under investigation in a separate misconduct in public office probe also related to the latest Epstein documents.
Mandelson is being probed over allegations that he sent sensitive documents to the late US sex offender when he was a government minister, including during the 2008 financial crash.
Police have not specified which documents are part of the probe.
The veteran ex-politician was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer as envoy to Washington in September when an earlier release of documents linked to Epstein showed the extent of their friendship.
But Mandelson's appointment has unleashed a political storm with two of Starmer's top aides resigning over the row.
Starmer apologised to Epstein's victims for appointing Mandelson, and accused the ex-envoy of lying about the extent of his ties to the financier during the vetting process for his Washington posting.
Law firm Mishcon de Reya, representing Mandelson, said earlier this month that he "regrets, and will regret until his dying day, that he believed Epstein's lies about his criminality".
"Lord Mandelson did not discover the truth about Epstein until after his death in 2019," said the statement.
He is profoundly sorry that powerless and vulnerable women and girls were not given the protection they deserved.
The government is to release tens of thousands of emails, messages and documents on Mandelson's vetting procedure, which could ramp up the pressure on the prime minister and other senior ministers.
Government minister Darren Jones on Monday said the first set of documents relating to Mandelson's appointment will be published in early March.
Starmer fought off calls to resign earlier this month after he admitted he knew about Mandelson's ongoing friendship with Epstein -- which seemed to continue after the financier was convicted of child prostitution in 2008.
Mandelson, also a former European Union trade commissioner, stood down from parliament's unelected upper chamber, the House of Lords, earlier this month.
The advisory firm he co-founded, Global Counsel, also approached bankruptcy last week as it stopped trading and appointed administrations in a bid to salvage some assets.
Several major clients, including Barclays, Tesco and English football's Premier League, have cut ties with the firm in recent weeks, according to press reports.
Officers from the Met's specialist crime team were deployed earlier this month to search two of his addresses, one in the western English county of Wiltshire and the other in London, according to the police.
Published - February 24, 2026 12:35 am IST
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Source: TheHindu
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