With Andrew gone, there's a way back to royal life for Prince Harry

Anyone who thinks the consequences of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s royal defenestration will end with a scrap over which particular house on the Sandringham estate catches his eye and a – likely probably fruitless – trawl through his evasions about dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, may be missing one the most intriguing things this unsettling royal tale leaves in its wake.

This abrupt corporate “reset” brings the Harry and Meghan side-story back into focus, by virtue of the fact there are now alarmingly few high-profile royals who are not in some way either out of the picture in the great Andrew rout – or still of school age. The monarchy is running on a very thin bench of public faces, which makes the absence of Harry – for all the controversies and quarrels – more keenly felt.

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