The last time a member of the British royal family was arrested, it ended badly, with an axe, a scaffold, and a monarchy temporarily abolished.

That was 400 years ago and while history doesn’t repeat, it does enjoy a bit of theatrical symmetry. And here we are again, watching another Windsor facing legal peril, though this time the alleged offense focuses less on divine right and more data leakage.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, (a.k.a. “Airmiles Andy,” the prince who could turn a trade mission into a frequent-flyer strategy) now finds himself at the center of an investigation that slices far deeper than the exhausted tabloid cycle of his personal life.

The sex allegations that once threatened to engulf him were, as we know, extinguished with a reported £12 million (around $15m at the time) settlement to Virginia Giuffre. That expensive chapter closed. Thanks, Mummy.

This time, the accusation is colder, more bureaucratic and in many ways more serious: breaching the Official Secrets Act by allegedly passing on........

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