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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Stephen Bates

A tale of two brothers: could the Andrew crisis bring down King Charles?

Andrew and Charles standing next to each other
The late queen seems to have protected her favourite son and paid at least some of his debts at the expense of Charles’s inheritance. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

London fashion week was probably the last public place King Charles III wanted to be on Thursday, admiring the suits and costumes that no one he knows would dream of buying, and making light conversation with designers he would have difficulty in recognising at a royal garden party.

Charles must have been contemplating the crumbling of all his plans and hopes for his reign. He always knew it would be short, even before his cancer diagnosis, but he probably never thought it would be upended by the alleged behaviour of his own brother.

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