The detail that sticks isn't the spectacle of a fallen royal. It's the timing: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, in police hands on suspicion of misconduct in public office—while Westminster, with its usual predatory instinct, swivels to a different target within minutes.
Here's the knot, in plain terms, before the shouting drowns it out. A former prince is being investigated and denies wrongdoing; the opposition says the prime minister is sheltering behind that drama to avoid answering awkward questions about Lord Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein; Downing Street won't publish the full vetting material critics say might settle the argument.
