In the eyes of the law, if not public opinion, you are innocent until proven guilty. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is guilty of many things: lying, arrogance and avarice to name but three. As yet, however, there is no proof that he is guilty of sexual abuse.

So, if he is innocent — as he protests he is — surely an appearance before a US congressional committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein would be the perfect way to clear his name?

A man with nothing to hide would undoubtedly welcome an opportunity to give evidence under oath to prove he has been wrongly accused. This, we are led to believe, was what Andrew — then prince — wished to do in the first place when Virginia Giuffre brought the civil case accusing him of sexual assault in 2021.

But because no-one wanted the late Queen’s Platin

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