Andrew’s security team stock up on lager and noodles after driving him home from police station following arrest

Andrew’s security team was seen stocking up on beer and noodles after taking him home from the police station.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, 66, was arrested by officers at his home in Wood Farm, Sandringham, on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday morning and was released pending further inquiries at around 8pm the same day.

The security team was sent on a shopping trip today for essentials like Madri beers and noodles.

The two men – coincidentally the same security guards photographed taking a shell-shocked Andrew to Sandringham after 11 hours of police surveillance – were seen carrying Sainsbury’s and Tesco bags this afternoon.

The former prince remains holed up at Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate as bodyguards left Wood Farm on Saturday morning to run a supermarket in King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

They were carrying two cans of beer under their arms and supermarket groceries, including Soba Chilli Cup Noodles, which cost around £2, and a large pack of Madri Excepcional Premium Lager Beer, which was sold at Tesco’s for £14.75.

Andrew was detained by Thames Valley Police officers on suspicion of misconduct in public office for approximately 11 hours on Thursday.

Accusations of Andrew’s connection to Epstein had dogged the family for years, culminating in the release of files from his estate by the US Department of Justice.

The two guards sent to the supermarkets were the same couple who took Andrew back to Sandringham after his arrest on Thursday.

Food items included Soba Chilli Cup Noodles, priced at around £2, and a large packet of Madri Lager Beers.

Andrew was spotted leaving Aylsham police station in Norfolk shortly after 7pm on Thursday

Some showed that the eighth-in-line to the throne shared sensitive information while he was trade envoy.

Officers are expected to continue searching Andrew’s home at the former Royal Lodge in Windsor until Monday in a bid to gather possible evidence against the former prince.

A convoy of unmarked police vehicles arrived at the gates of Andrew’s former home, the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, on Saturday for the third day of police raids.

Police vehicles came and went from the property, where Andrew lived in a 30-room mansion from 2004 until recently.

More than 20 vehicles were seen parked on the property on Friday, but it is not known if all of them are linked to the investigation and searches.

It comes as pressure mounts to remove Andrew from the royal line of succession, with Labor MP Luke Pollard saying it was “just a heartbeat away” from being eighth in line to the throne, regardless of the outcome of the police investigation.

Speaking last night, Mr Pollard confirmed that the government was actively considering legislation to remove the right of inheritance once the police investigation into him was completed.

“Being able to set out very clearly what the standards are that we expect as a nation and what are the British values ​​that we can be proud of, signals that it’s the right thing to do to stop someone who could potentially be a heartbeat away from the throne,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Questions programme.

A Waitrose van was also filmed dropping off goods outside Sandringham Estate today when the driver stopped to speak to officers on duty outside.

The van entered the property where Andrew had moved after leaving the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Police officers are seen at the gates of Andrew’s former home, the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Mr Pollard said he hoped there would be ‘cross-party support’ for the proposals and that ‘it is true that this is something that only happens once the police investigation is concluded’.

Andrew’s removal would require an Act of Parliament, as well as the support of the 14 Commonwealth countries where the King is Head of State, including New Zealand, Canada and Australia, where legislation is also required.

On Friday night, Treasury Undersecretary James Murray confirmed the Government was “considering any further steps that may be required” and was not ruling out anything.

Liberal Democrat spokeswoman Layla Moran told the BBC today that she had tried to introduce a replacement bill to remove Andrew from the line of succession yesterday, but said it would have to be brought forward ‘in government time’.

‘If you can’t be a prince, you shouldn’t be a king,’ he said. ‘There is a strange quirk in the way the line of succession works that Andrew could still be king and if that happens there will be protests in the streets and that would be the end of the monarchy.’

Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, he called for an ‘independent public inquiry’ into ‘who knew what the Epstein Files showed and when’.

Other MPs are said to believe formal legislation is not necessary as Andrew is too far from the throne to cause concern.

But supporters of the law say that although he is only eighth in line, it is possible for him to become regent for William’s children in extreme cases if something were to happen to both King Charles and Prince William.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of abuse of public office on his birthday (Image: Andrew leaning over a young woman in photo released as part of the Epstein files)

Police outside Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where Andrew is being held

A group of plainclothes police officers arrived at Wood Farm on Thursday morning as Andrew was taken into custody.

Last October, he was stripped of his titles by King Charles over his ties to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but he remains in the line of succession.

He resigned from public duties in 2019 over allegations about his friendship with Epstein, following his disastrous Newsnight interview.

But pressure has increased for further action to be taken following the ongoing allegations against Andrew following the release of documents and photographs from the Epstein Files.

It is understood Thames Valley Police has not yet received any ‘early investigation advice’ from the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the allegation.