The now-infamous photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving a UK police station last Friday has been pulled into the art-world spotlight after it was hung in the Louvre.
A group of activists under the name Everybody Hates Elon posted a video showing a man hanging a framed copy of the photo on an empty Louvre wall. The caption was blunt: “They say ‘hang it in the Louvre’. So we did,”
The framed image was accompanied by a title card that read “He’s Sweating Now”, dated 2026. The title echoes Mountbatten-Windsor’s claim in a 2019 interview that it was nearly impossible for him to sweat, and it also appeared as a front-page headline for UK tabloid The Sun last week.
The photo shows Mountbatten-Windsor appearing shocked and stunned in the back seat of a car as he left police custody last Friday. He was arrested about 12 hours earlier, on his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. No charges were laid before he was released, but police have searched his current and former residences. UK legal experts have noted that arrest and release without charge is not unusual, particularly in historical and financial investigations.
Mountbatten-Windsor remains in the line of succession for the British throne, but late last year King Charles stripped him of his final royal titles, including the right to use the title of “prince”. The decision followed continued revelations about Mountbatten-Windsor’s relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Investigators have not confirmed the specific alleged misconduct they are examining, though Mountbatten-Windsor served as a UK trade envoy from 2001 to 2011. He has denied all wrongdoing connected to Epstein, including allegations that he sexually assaulted Virginia Roberts-Giuffre, who said she was trafficked by Epstein.
The Louvre has not yet publicly addressed the activists’ video.