The stunt was carried out by the group People Vs Elon

A person looks at a framed picture of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, younger brother of Britain's King Charles, formerly known as Prince Andrew, hung by activists from anti-billionaire campaign group Everyone Hates Elon in the Louvre

The photo of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor in the Louvre.Credit : REUTERS/Nicolas Coupe

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s post-arrest photograph has been hung in Paris’ Louvre Museum by activists.

People Vs Elon, a U.K.-based organization set up to help causes that they perceive to be targeted by X owner, Elon Musk, shared a TikTok clip of themselves carrying out the stunt.

The group stuck a small framed copy of the infamous image onto the wall of the world-famous gallery. Underneath, they captioned it, “He’s Sweating Now,” a reference to the 66-year-old former royal’s claims that he did not sweat.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, younger brother of Britain's King Charles, formerly known as Prince Andrew, leaves Aylsham Police Station on a vehicle, on the day he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after the U.S. Justice Department released more records tied to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Aylsham, Britain, February 19, 2026.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor leaves Aylsham Police Station.REUTERS/Phil Noble

The group captioned their upload, “they say ‘hang it in the louvre’. So we did #princeandrew.”

The photograph depicts the former prince slumped in the back of an SUV after being released from  Aylsham Police Station in Norfolk, after spending 11 hours in police custody.

Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on the morning of Thursday, February 19 — his 66th birthday. Around 8 a.m. local time, police officers arrived at Wood Farm in Norfolk, located in King Charles’ Sandringham estate, where Andrew recently moved after being forced to surrender the lease on Royal Lodge.

Following his release, Thames Valley Police issued an updated statement confirming the release of a “man in his sixties from Norfolk,” although Andrew was not named. “The arrested man has now been released under investigation,” they said.

Police added that their searches in Norfolk had concluded but searches in Berkshire, where Andrew’s former home of Royal Lodge is located, were still underway.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the Sunday Service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor, following the announcement on Friday April 9th of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Ex-Prince Andrew, April 2021.Steve Parsons – WPA Pool/Getty

The photographer who snapped Andrew’s release image has revealed how he captured the now-viral image.

In a video shared to Reuters’ official Instagram account on Friday, Feb. 20, Phil Noble, a senior photographer for the news agency, said that he traveled to “four or five” different police stations on Thursday, Feb. 19, after learning of Andrew’s arrest that morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of the former Prince’s departure from custody.

Not seeing much activity, Noble was about to return to his hotel when he received a tip-off that the former prince was set to be released.

“Within one minute of arriving back, the shutters on the garage at the police station came up, and two cars left. One of them, he was in,” Noble said, noting that capturing the image was “more luck than judgement.”

“There are so many moving parts, you don’t know where the car is going to come from, where he’s going to be sitting in the car,” Noble added. “The photo gods were on my side.”