For years, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – formerly Prince Andrew – could rely on privilege and protocol to shield him from consequence. But the walls are closing in, not through the courts, but through the slow, relentless judgement of public opinion.

This week, US lawmakers renewed their invitation for Andrew to answer questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein , the convicted sex offender who took his own life in 2019, adding that a subpoena remained on the table. This was less a viable legal manoeuvre than a moral one: a declaration that even the powerful and the elite cannot evade all forms of justice.

It also showed victims of sexual abuse that persistence and visibility are some of their most powerful weapons. New Feature

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