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The affair pales in significance beside the abdication crisis of 1936.
Often it was family members calling for arrest over fears of succession.
The offence Mountbatten-Windsor is being investigated for – misconduct in public office – is famously vague and complex.
While is it possible the former prince could be removed from the line of succession, it is a messy and complicated legislative process.
The royal family appear to have navigated their responses to the potential tarnishing of the monarchy in both official and unofficial ways.
The royal family has crossed paths with the law before, but not for a very long time. And back then, it brought down the monarchy.
An expert in international criminal law explains the legal possibilities for the former royal.
Even for those not interested in royal gossip, Andrew Lownie’s joint biography of former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson is a fascinating – and revealing – read.
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