FT commentator Robert Shrimsley wrote an opinion piece about how the latest crisis is a defining one for the British royalty.
King Charles obviously does not wish to kill his disgraced brother but he would not be human if he did not occasionally reflect on simpler days, when royal embarrassments could be disappeared — or packed off to a role in the colonies, Robert Shrimsley writes.
The man we no longer call the Duke of York was forced to stop using his royal titles, announced in a typically self-pitying statement. But in allowing Andrew the dignity of seeming to act himself, there is a sense that the royal family still views it largely as a PR crisis and ongoing damage limitation. This is a misjudgment — however, there is both danger and opportunity here. The royal family is heading towards one of those inflection points where it needs to modernise itself back into sync with the public.
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FT commentator Robert Shrimsley wrote an opinion piece about how the latest crisis is a defining one for the British royalty.
King Charles obviously does not wish to kill his disgraced brother but he would not be human if he did not occasionally reflect on simpler days, when royal embarrassments could be disappeared — or packed off to a role in the colonies, Robert Shrimsley writes.
The man we no longer call the Duke of York was forced to stop using his royal titles, announced in a typically self-pitying statement. But in allowing Andrew the dignity of seeming to act himself, there is a sense that the royal family still views it largely as a PR crisis and ongoing damage limitation. This is a misjudgment — however, there is both danger and opportunity here. The royal family is heading towards one of those inflection points where it needs to modernise itself back into sync with the public.
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