Fairness is an odd concept for anyone born into a royal family. On the upside, you’re born into immense wealth, privilege and the possibility of becoming the head of state for your nation through nothing other than an accident of parentage. The downside is the relentless scrutiny that goes along with all that.

For Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor , the royal formerly styled as “Prince”, that has proven a relentless misfortune. Second in line to the throne at his birth, Andrew has slipped further and further down the line of succession – and so further from the heart of the action – as he’s got older.

Foremost among those to leapfrog Andrew in the line of succession is, of course, Prince William – who has been using his new role as Prince of Wales to try to modernise and reform the image of

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