Imagine the sheer audacity: the glare of the global media, the disapproval of a king, and the scorn of the public, yet a disgraced royal still manages to find a loophole — a 'legal technicality' — to keep hold of his sprawling, 30-bedroom mansion and, more crucially, his spot in the line of succession. This isn't the plot of a fictional drama, but the latest development in the downfall of Andrew Windsor.
Accusations are mounting that the disgraced former duke is deliberately exploiting every available legal and constitutional mechanism to delay his inevitable fate, prompting senior figures in the royal family and government to voice their frustration over what they see as a selfish dragging out of the process.
