Will no one rid KingCharles of his turbulent prince – Andrew has to go, but how to do it? | Martha Gill

The royals were once dab hands at bumping off unwanted relatives, but that's no longer an option

The royal family is supposed to have divested itself of Prince Andrew. But it hasn't finishedthe job. It's exactly two years since he was stripped, with great ceremony, of his public duties,his two dozen military titles, what charity patronages remained, and - sort of - the abbreviation HRH, which he can apparently still use, just not officially", whatever that means.

The prince remains on royal property but in a kind of internal exile, kept away from balconies and windows. He has been partly digested but not fully expelled.