Andrew was given plenty, some would say, too much time, to fade away discreetly into the background. Whether or not he did sleep with Virginia Roberts (at seventeen this was legal in Britain, but very sleazy and unpleasant), it is the lies he told about cutting ties with Epstein, his staggering level of entitlement and arrogance and the fact that there is probably much more to come about his and Sarah Ferguson's lifestyle and financial affairs, that have forced the Palace's hand.
He had to be removed completely from Windsor and to be stopped from bringing the monarchy into disrepute by the removal of the titles. The monarchy is typical of Britain, things brew and brew but when a tipping point is reached, we are capable of being ruthless, underneath the polite facade! Now onto another ex-Royal couple who are on borrowed time.
