Is the Andrew formerly known as Prince still a royal? I suppose he must be. Mr Mountbatten-Windsor may have lost all his titles, but he’s still eighth in line to the throne (though it would take a plotline as fiendish as Dennis Price’s in black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets to grant him the accession).

Watching Andrew is increasingly like watching a poker player holding what has become obvious to all is a losing hand. It’s only a matter of time before he folds. And in Andrew’s case, folding could mean just one thing - extradition to the United States. Don’t take my word for it. Respected writer and historian Andrew Lownie , author of this year’s meticulously researched best-seller The Fall of the House of York, is quietly certain of two things.

Andrew fails to 'come clean' by mi

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