‘Royal Family only has one choice as Andrew scandal lingers in air’
Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside Westminster Abbey as the Royal Family attended the annual Commonwealth Day service and the Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers believes there’s only one thing the Firm can do amid the Andrew scandal
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The Royal Family at Commonwealth Day today (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The royal family is used to the heat by now – and it’s nothing to do with the upturn in weather. As the King led senior royals on a show of unity today, the scandal surrounding former prince Andrew’s disgraceful conduct still lingers in the air.
Outside Westminster Abbey in central London where the senior royals gathered in public en masse for the first time since Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest on allegations of misconduct in a public office, dozens of protectors made their voice heard. And the chorus of discontent is certainly not unique to those who campaign under an anti-monarchy banner.
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Charles and Camilla arrive for the service with protesters in the background
Recent weeks have seen MPs, former courtiers, chat show hosts and social media rushing to comment on the scandal which led to the arrest of the first member of the royal family for 400 years. It is a potential turning point in the institution’s long history and one which shows no sign of abating.
Despite the King’s unprecedented statement following six unmarked police cars turning up unannounced onto his private state last month and carting his brother off for 11 hours of questioning, there are calls for the King to do – or say – more.
Yet while the chants of the Abbey protests may have been drowned out by the deafening sound of the church bells as the annual Commonwealth Day celebrations kicked off, I feel it is only right to ask what more can the royals do than concentrate on with the job they exist to do.
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Anti-monarchy protesters outside Westminster Abbey today (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)
The Commonwealth Day event is a perfect example. The service to mark the brotherhood of 56 nations represents a common purpose, which as the King said in his message for the service was “precious” in an “increasingly fragmented” world.
It will surely not be lost on him how much he needs the precious support and attention of those in his family left after the departures of his estranged son Harry, his wife Meghan and the disgrace of his brother Andrew, leaving the ‘slimmed down monarchy’ looking rather threadbare.
Now is the time for consolidation. The royals finally united behind exiling Andrew who is now very much on his own, left to face the consequences of his alleged actions.
The King – and indeed Prince William as his heir – knows that any further missteps will be used to fan the flames of discontent in certain quarters. For now the royals must keep calm and carry on.
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