After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s arrest, officials said \u2018nobody is above the law\u2019. Sadly that doesn\u2019t seem true<\/p>\n
Schadenfreude isn\u2019t a particularly noble sentiment. But who cares, eh? These days bad things never seem to happen to bad people; accountability is fleetingly rare. So I think we should all take a moment to really appreciate how glorious the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday was. Not only was the disgraced royal dragged in for questioning like a mere commoner; the arrest happened on his 66th birthday. Instead of birthday cake, he got his just deserts. And, to top things off, the occasion was immortalized with a photo \u2013 an instant classic \u2013 of Andrew leaving the police station looking shell shocked and decrepit.<\/p>\n
Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist<\/p>\n
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