This is often presented as a sign of how reasonable a person is – not sure about the Royals but liked the ( now dead ) Queen ( Not the rubbishy Camilla one )

Remind yourself

The Queen ran the monarchy as Andrew abused young girls

She promoted Andrew at every turn

She paid hush money to his victims

She gave him medals after the scandal erupted

Like rats up a golden drainpipe, the Windsors are rushing to distance themselves from Andrew. But when it really mattered that they Do the Right Thing, they did the wrong thing.

The whole apparatus of the Monarchy was used to prevent justice proceeding. Virginia Roberts – and maybe other young girls – were denied justice.

That’s not an aberration. Protecting the royals from scrutiny and reason is not a bug, but a feature. Andrew’s mistake was he got caught – or in fact, it’s that one photo.

People need to understand, that the very foundations of the monarchy – secrecy, deference and a complete and utter lack of accountability – leads to corruption and toxic abuse of power.

Every time a royal is in public, we should shout – What Did You know ? When Did you know it ? What did you do about it ? Who did you tell ?

Wouldn’t you like to know about Andrew’s finances ? About Savile and the royals ? About Charles being given bags full of cash ?

All the secrecy. All the deference. All the corruption that follows. And the reason: it suits the establishment to mascots for the rich & powerful. To present Billionaire Landowners as a legitimate and glamorous icon of Britain.

Fuck that. The royal family are a disgraceful symbol and a symbolic disgrace.