Man with weapon arrested near former Prince Andrew's home

A man has been arrested for possession of an offensive weapon near the U.K. home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, police said Thursday.

The suspect, who was not named, "was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and possession of an offensive weapon," Norfolk Police said in a statement to ABC News.

He remains in custody, according to police.

Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, lives on his brother King Charles III's privately owned Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England.

Buckingham Palace has not commented on the arrest.

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