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Official statements have been released that clearly state the King was not informed prior to the arrest.

I can't for one minute imagine no one asked "if one were to suspect a member of royal family of [...] and arrested them, what would the King say?"

The answer is obvious. The King would have no choice but to say what he has in fact said (i.e. that the ordinary process of the law must be followed).

And there's one thing we've learnt recently is that royals do not lie

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