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Andrew 'inquiry' calls and hiding from 'Putin's killer drones'

News image"Who knew what and when? Calls for inquiry into 'conspiracy of silence' around Andrew" reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Mirror.
Many of Sunday's papers continue their coverage of the fallout from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest on Thursday over suspicion of misconduct in public office. The Sunday Mirror leads with claims from the Royal Family's former head of protection that "there was a conspiracy of silence" over the former prince's relationship with disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Such claims prompted calls for an inquiry to discern "who knew what and when?" the paper writes.
News image"Ex Royal Cop: We need an inquiry, Call to question 'silence' over Andrew scandal!," reads the headline on the Sunday People.
The ex-Royal's protection chief's "calls to question 'silence' over Andrew scandal" also leads the Sunday People.
News image"Nowhere to hide" reads the headline on the front page of the Observer.
The Observer leads with a zoomed-in photograph of Andrew leaving the police station earlier this week, under the headline of "nowhere to hide" and "monarchy in peril".
News image"Brown calls for police to probe Andrew's use of jets," reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown "demands civil servants face questions over taxpayer-funded flights" used by Andrew to meet Epstein during his time as a "trade envoy between 2001 and 2011", the Sunday Telegraph reports. Brown wrote letters to six police forces urging "a full investigation into the trade envoy role, its cost to taxpayers and any evidence that links Mr Mountbatten-Windsor's government work to Epstein", the paper says.
News image"Met officers told to guard Epstein dinner party," reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Times.
The Sunday Times says "Metropolitan police officers were instructed to provide security for a celebrity dinner party at Jeffrey Epstein's New York home", citing newly-released emails. According to the paper, the 2010 dinner party was held in Manhattan to honour Andrew, where "two royal protection officers from Scotland Yard" were stationed outside.
News image"MP: Parliament should decide if Andy & Mandy have committed treason" reads the headline on the front page of the Sun on Sunday.
"Parliament should decide if Andy & Mandy have committed treason", reads the Sun on Sunday's headline, leading with Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat's calls for an investigation into Andrew and former ambassador Peter Mandelson. The paper quotes Tugendhat's calls for a "special committee" to probe both men's "links to Jeffrey Epstein", which "would have the power to summon witnesses and demand documents".
News image"Email proves Charles was warned about his brother's 'secret deals'", reads the headline on the front page of the Mail on Sunday.
The Mail on Sunday reports "King Charles was warned as long ago as 2019 that the Royal Family was being 'abused' by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's business associations", quoting a whistleblower's emails to Buckingham Palace seen by the paper. It reports the emails tipped off the palace that "the former Duke had secret financial links to controversial millionaire financier David Rowland", as the emails "threaten to draw Charles further into the crisis". The BBC cannot verify the claims made by the Mail on Sunday and the former prince has previously denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
News imageSAS Who Dares Wins star Melvyn Downes says he's not surprised about Andy Windsor's plight as he is an "arrogant and ignorant" man.
Melvyn Downes, the SAS Who Dares Wins star, leads the Daily Star on Sunday's front page with his criticism of Andrew, calling him "arrogant and ignorant". The paper reports that the TV star and author met the then-prince while serving as a soldier in the Staffordshire Regiment.
News image"The only place to hide from Putin's killer drones is our underground school," reads the headline on the front page of the Indepdent.
The Independent leads with a "harrowing dispatch" from one of its journalists who travelled to Nikopol, southern Ukraine, marking the four-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. "The only place to hide from Putin's killer drones is our underground school", reads the headline, featuring a photograph of teachers and students "using a cellar as a makeshift classroom".
News image"Priti's mission to save Chagos", reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Express.
And finally, the Sunday Express leads with Dame Priti Patel's "mission to save Chagos". The shadow foreign secretary "flies into Washington today on a mission to stop the Chagos Islands surrender," the paper writes, adding that if she succeeds in brokering a U-turn on the current deal, which Donald Trump opposes, it could cause "fresh humiliation" for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The government has said previously that the Chagos Islands deal is "crucial to the security" of the UK and allies.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor features prominently on most of the front pages yet again. The Sunday Telegraph reports that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for police to look into whether the former prince used taxpayer funded jets and RAF bases to meet Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has always denied wrongdoing in relation to his friendship with the convicted sex offender.

The front page of the Observer features a zoomed-in photograph of the former prince as he was driven away from a police station last week. Inside the paper says the King has given approval to staff at Buckingham Palace to give police officers investigating his brother on suspicion of misconduct in public office access to files and records, despite courtiers' fears that they "may reveal a cover-up". The Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People focus on a call for an inquiry from the Royal Family's former head of protection, Dai Davies, to find out exactly who knew what, and when.

According to the Sunday Times, newly released emails suggests Metropolitan Police officers were instructed to provide security for a celebrity dinner party at Epstein's home in New York in 2010. The paper says two royal protection officers from Scotland Yard appear to have been told by the financier's staff to guard the door of his Manhattan townhouse as guests attended the event, held in honour of Andrew.

The Sunday Telegraph says UK exporters are "dismayed" after President Donald Trump said he would increase his new global tariff from 10 to 15%, less than 24 hours after first announcing the measure. The paper's editorial argues that Trump's decision to "double down" on his policy will see the world suffer.

The front page of the Sunday Express leads with the shadow foreign secretary, Dame Priti Patel, flying to Washington as part of what the paper calls her "mission to save Chagos". It says that if she succeeds in brokering a U-turn on the current deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which Trump has said he opposes, it could cause "fresh humiliation" for Sir Keir Starmer. The government has said previously that the Chagos Islands deal is "crucial to the security" of the UK and allies.

And most of the papers mark the upcoming four-year anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. "Kyiv is bloodied but unbowed", says the Sun on Sunday. The Defence Secretary, John Healey, has written in the Sunday Telegraph that 2026 must be the year that the war ends. The Sunday Mirror carries a call from a 71-year-old grandmother who lives in north-east Ukraine, for the country's children to be able to play in the streets, without running away from every sound.

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