King Charles Attends a Fashion Event

King Charles III attended a Tolu Coker fashion show during London Fashion Week on Thursday, hours after his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid reports he shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein.

The king had issued a statement saying he supports a "full, fair and proper process" in the investigation into the former prince. Charles has sought to distance Andrew from the royal family, stripping him of his royal title last October. Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor was released in the evening but remains under investigation; the king did not comment on the arrest as he arrived at the event or when he left.

Photographs from the show and news coverage showed pieces by the Nigerian-British designer Tolu Coker and the king, dressed in a gray suit, seated in the front row. His presence was widely interpreted as a signal that the royal family was carrying on with its duties and engagements.

United Kingdom, London

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