“Even were a VC to be sentenced to be hanged for murder, he should be allowed to wear his VC on the scaffold.” This was the view of King George V, a serious-minded and steadfast monarch, who was on the throne for the entirety of the First World War. He believed, clearly, that military service should be recognised discretely, and that one’s conduct as a civilian was a completely different matter.

Given all that, I think we know where he would stand on the question of whether Andrew Mountbatten Windsor , formerly known as Prince Andrew, should be stripped of the medals he received for his service for over 22 years in the Royal Navy. And although George V’s assertion was made more than a century ago, I think it still holds good today.

Mr Mountbatten Windsor, as we shall now call him, pilo

See Full Page