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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tom McIlroy and Andrew Messenger

Australian PM says former prince Andrew has suffered ‘extraordinary fall’ but that won’t prompt another republic referendum

Anthony Albanese
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says the arrest of former prince Andrew marks ‘quite an extraordinary fall from grace’. Photograph: Eugene Hyland/The Guardian

Anthony Albanese has described Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest as an “extraordinary fall from grace” but says the latest crisis facing the British royal family won’t prompt another referendum on Australia becoming a republic.

The former prince, the brother of King Charles III, was arrested overnight on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

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