The official response to growing public concern about Prince Andrew has been slow and hesitant. The King’s brother announced last month that he would ‘no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me’, having already agreed not to use the style ‘His Royal Highness’ in a public capacity in 2022. But there was a lingering sense that relying on the honour and discretion of a man who seems to possess neither was not quite enough.

Andrew’s brave service in the South Atlantic is a matter of record, for which he earned his South Atlantic Medal. It does not make him a good person, nor give him immunity for any later conduct

Last week, a statement from Buckingham Palace said that the King had ‘initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Princ

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