If the Royal Family had hoped the punishment meted out to ‘the Banned Old Duke of York’ would suffice in the court of public opinion, they would now be disappointed. Since Friday’s revelations that Prince Andrew would ‘no longer use’ his dukedom or other honours following the stream of scandals about his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, more unedifying details have emerged. It seems that the nuclear royal option – to strip him of his princely title – grows more inevitable by the day.

The nuclear royal option, to strip Andrew of his princely title, grows more inevitable by the day

This final resort would undeniably be popular in many circles. Sky Roberts, the brother of Virginia Giuffre whose posthumous memoir will revive the allegations she slept with Andrew when she was 1

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