King Charles III’s subjects could be forgiven for believing their monarch had taken the strongest possible sanction against his younger brother, Prince Andrew, after a seeming unending stream of stories about the former Duke of York’s links to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein threatened to overwhelm the Royal Family’s reputation.

Voters could also be forgiven for thinking, as several Cabinet ministers have tried to claim, that the honours and titles bestowed on disgraced prince are not a matter for the Government .

Rather No10 is being “guided” by the Royal Family on any decision to formally strip Prince Andrew of his titles.

Both beliefs would be untrue. New Feature

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