The Royal Family is often described as a “modern morality tale”, with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor still one of the main characters, despite shedding his titles.

But really the story is about accountability, because the former prince’s story tells us so much about why appalling behaviour continues and often worsens.

The events of the past few months, in which Andrew was stripped of his titles, kicked out of Royal Lodge in Windsor and is now mooted for an exile overseas, might lead someone unfamiliar with the whole story to conclude that only recently have we known about his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The reaction to the most recent revelations has been strangely disproportionate to the level of extra detail they furnish us with: his infamous 2019........

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