Speaking to Matt Frei shortly after Buckingham Palace made the announcement , David Yelland called it “a superb statement”.

He said, “It’s what they should have done in the first place, but they’ve got there, and they’ve got there quite quickly. And I think they should be commended for doing so.”

“We have never seen anything like this before.”

– David Yelland

The short statement said the King’s brother will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, adding that formal notice has been served for him to surrender the lease to Royal Lodge and he will move to alternative private accommodation.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Image credit: AP

David Yelland, whose podcast focuses on the week’s biggest PR disasters, says, “this is a crisis that will now run for days and days. We’ve not see

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