'Haunting' photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following his arrest 'hung in the Louvre'
Visitors at the iconic museum must have been baffled!
Activists have reportedly hung a photo in the Louvre museum in Paris of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following his arrest last week.
The infamous snap was taken of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on February 19 following his release from custody after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The specific details of the allegations of misconduct being investigated are unknown.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest photo ‘hung in the Louvre’
However the aftermath that entailed following his arrest has swirled with speculation, scrutiny and a haunting snap of Andrew taken outside a police station.
The royal has faced allegations of sharing sensitive and confidential documents to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he was UK’s trade envoy in 2010.
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. He has also vehemently denied allegations of sexual assault against him.
Despite this, all eyes are on the former Duke of York and he has sparked outrage with his alleged behaviour.
Infamous Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest snap
The former prince spent approximately eleven hours in custody on February 19 and when he was eventually released, clamouring photographers and reports were eager to catch a glimpse of the shunned royal.
Andrew was photographed in the back seat of a car leaving Aylsham police station. The disgraced former prince appeared to be lowering his seat down, trying to hide from eager photographers. This was when Phil Noble’s famous photograph was taken.
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The photo sees Andrew looking rather “shell-shocked,” with his collar upturned.
The wide-eyed photograph has since spread like wildfire.
And now, it has been hung in one of the most famous museums in the world, home of the Mona Lisa, the Louvre museum in Paris.
Everyone Hates Elon target Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
The British political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon hung the photo on a wall in the Louvre on Sunday, as per The Guardian.
Affixed to the wall under the frame is a card that reads: “He’s Sweating Now,” along with the year.
Everyone Hates Elon claims to target “billionaires and their politician mates” with provocative and unexpected stunts.
And on this occasion, this swipe at Andrew is particularly eye-popping.
Activists from the group pulled a similar stunt on Jeff Bezos last year, when they unveiled a huge sign in Venice’s St Mark’s Square, at the time when Bezos was hosting his lavish wedding in the city.
It said: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax”.
Representatives for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the Louvre have been contacted for comment.
The story behind famous Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest photo
Noble, a photographer with the Reuters news agency, who snapped the photo, said of capturing the image, which was one of six photos he grabbed of the former prince: “You can plan and use your experience and know roughly what you need to do, but still everything needs to align.”
He said said capture an image of a moving car largely requires “more luck than judgement,” as per BBC.
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. The former prince has also continued to deny allegations of sexual assault.
This arrest should not be seen as any indication of guilt and there are no charges yet.
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