Activists staged an art intervention at the Louvre Museum in Paris yesterday by installing the now-iconic photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor being driven from a police station after his arrest. The image, framed in a Trump-style gold mount and fixed to a public gallery wall by the British political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon, shows the former prince slumped in the back of a Range Rover. Beneath the frame, a small caption reads “He’s Sweating Now”, accompanied by the date 2026, a pointed flourish that shifts the gesture somewhere between protest and performance.
The photograph appeared on the group’s Instagram page following Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest last Thursday at the Sandringham estate on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was later held for 11 hours at Aylsham police station in Norfolk. Museum officials declined to comment on how long the work remained in place, though images of the intervention circulated quickly online.
The group behind the action describes its activities as targeting “billionaires and their politician mates” through highly visible public stunts. Previous campaigns have included posters across London featuring Manchester United players alongside slogans criticising billionaire tax avoidance, following remarks by the club’s largest single shareholder, Jim Ratcliffe, about immigration in the UK. In Venice, activists also installed a large banner in St Mark’s Square during Jeff Bezos’s wedding celebrations, reading: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax.”
Former Prince Andrew Arrest Photograph Hung In The Louvre By Activists Photo Via Instagram
Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York, was arrested on his 66th birthday and is facing allegations that he shared confidential government information with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his tenure as a UK trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. Emails released by the US Department of Justice in January appear to show him transmitting reports of official visits. He has previously denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein.
His long-standing association with the late financier led to his withdrawal from public royal duties and the removal of his royal patronages in January 2022. Police searches of his former residence on the Windsor estate in Berkshire began last week and were expected to conclude on Monday.
Mountbatten-Windsor could not be reached for comment. Calls have meanwhile intensified for him, currently eighth in line to the throne, to be removed from the line of succession. Speaking on behalf of the government, the education secretary Bridget Phillipson said on Sunday that a judge-led inquiry into his links with Epstein had not been ruled out.
The Metropolitan Police says it is contacting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s protection officers, asking them to consider whether “anything they saw or heard” while working for the former prince “may be relevant” to ongoing enquiries.
Separately, Thames Valley Police is continuing to search Andrew’s former Windsor home, Royal Lodge, in connection with his arrest yesterday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Update: The prime minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, has written a letter to the UK PM Keir Starmer, demanding that the former Prince Andrew be removed from the line of succession. There’s been no sign of the former prince since his release from custody and return to Sandringham in Norfolk.