The Times view on Andrew’s future after Epstein scandal: Unfit for a prince
Only a slimmed down monarchy will steady public confidence
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Though absent from public duties for four years, Prince Andrew has readily proved himself capable of causing the royal family public embarrassment from his ill-defined position on the sidelines.
Last week, his name was again mired by association with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when a cache of documents was unsealed by a court in New York.
The anti-monarchist campaign group Republic seized the opportunity to report the duke to the Metropolitan Police, arguing that the documents shed fresh light on allegations, denied by Andrew, that he sexually assaulted a minor in 2001 at the London home of Epstein’s partner Ghislaine Maxwell.
Though he is unlikely to face police investigations in the UK, it may be prudent for the duke to avoid travel to
