What’s That About the Royal Decline of Succession?

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may be almost universally despised, but he is still eighth in the royal line of succession to the British throne. And, even if he never becomes king, there is still the off chance that — if something incredibly catastrophic occurred — he might be regent for an underage monarch. Imagining how the disgraced ex-prince might hang around gives everyone the creeps. Rosa Prince says that if Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government gets its act together, it can coordinate preventative action through Labour’s 400-or-so seats (out of 650) in the House of Commons, plus the assistance of the 14 other Commonwealth realms where the king is head of state. Those countries are likely to be more than obliging to expunge the Epstein-tarred royal, once criminal investigations are dealt with. He has denied all wrongdoing.