If the Royal Family is “The Firm”, the ousting of Prince Andrew from its core business marks a significant moment. The Prince has fallen from a life of privilege and international inter-connections with some of the world’s wealthiest people to relinquishing the official status which has always meant so much to him.

From now on, there is no more drumroll of titles nor inclusion in any royal events. That is a bitter and final fall from grace. Prince Andrew has moved from a perch as spoilt and favoured son of the late Queen, to a figure deemed such a liability to the monarchy that he has been forced into the kind of internal exile last seen when Edward VIII abdicated in 1936.

His statement makes crystal clear that this decision was forced out of him. The tone has his blend of self-defen

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