
It’s hardly the full justice he deserves but after years of writing about him, it’s deeply satisfying to type out the words “Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor“. Yup, the Andrew formerly known as Prince has been shoved off his royal perch, is now down in the muck with the rest of us “commoners”, and faces eviction from his opulent manor.
King Charles’ decision to strip Andrew of his titles, privileges, and home came after yet more horrible revelations about his brother’s close links with the modern era’s most notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, including the jaw-dropping claim he tried to use British police resources to smear his victim, Virginia Giuffre.