People who work in public relations have an adage when it comes to protecting the reputation of a person or company under siege in the court of public opinion: Where will this end? Go there now.

Until now, King Charles has seemed unwilling to do that with his younger brother, Prince Andrew. Yes, his mother, Queen Elizabeth, took away Andrew’s coveted His Royal Highness title. But no one seemed able to get through to the erstwhile Duke of York that he needed to just go away and be quiet.

Finally, after the steady drip, drip of embarrassing accusations and recriminations, Andrew has been stripped of all his titles, styles and honours . He’s no longer a prince. He’s just plain old Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

Buckingham Palace has also announced that Andrew will be evicted from the magnif

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