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The emails
‘Andrew for access’
Mountbatten-Windsor fed information to his contacts while touring the world at taxpayers’ expense as trade envoy, Alexi Mostrous and Jon Ungoed-Thomas report
The House of York
Barely regal
The most damning royal takedown since Spare paints former prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson as venal, grifting and obsessed by sex, Tanya Gold writes
The Sensemaker
The arrest, explained
Police have taken Mountbatten-Windsor into custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The 13th-century common law offence has a high bar for conviction, Xavier Greenwood reports
The News Meeting
The monarchy in crisis
With Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in police custody, The Observer’s Giles Whittell, Rachel Sylvester, and John Simpson join royal
For today
Media censorship
Stephen Armstrong
Stephen Colbert’s latest run-in with CBS is the thin end of the wedge
Reality check
Sarah Manavis
The America’s Next Top Model doc is reheated voyeurism posing as disgust
Staycations
Tim Leunig
The great British holiday is dying. Here’s how to save it
Fashion
Jo Jones
From inspiration to couture show: the journey of a Dior dress
Ideas
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Epstein scandal
Will Hutton
Andrew has brought the royals to a tipping point
Debt
Peter Hain
A graduate tax could fix Britain’s broken student loan system
Jesse Jackson 1941-2026
Matthew Barzun
When Jesse Jackson shared his three tips for tackling everyday racism
Anatomy of Britain
Martha Gill
Dentistry feels as wobbly as our teeth after a decade of decaying standards
Time well spent
Further reading
From the Maga right to an Orthodox love story
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk
Further listening
Songs inspired by literature
From Springsteen to Swift via Charli XCX many singers have found a musical muse in novels
Further watching
From Lord of the Flies to Small Prophets
Jack Thorne’s chilling take on a tale of boyhood cruelty and the Detectorists’ Mackenzie Crook strikes gold
