“I’m absolutely stunned by what we’re seeing today,” Maitlis told Amanpour. “As you said, the last time there was an arrest of a royal was 1647. That is, 350 years ago, and it ended up with the beheading of Charles I, and briefly, the end of the monarchy.”
A representative of the KING has more scrutiny than the republic that revolted against it over no taxation without representation.