God, the avenging Furies had nothing on the Jeffrey Epstein industry when it comes to the pursuit of its quarry. The latest instalment in the ongoing excoriation of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the revelation in the Mail on Sunday that the former Prince may, when he dies, receive a royal funeral. That is to say, it has learned that the King’s brother “remains on a secret government list of royals who will receive high-profile funerals, even though he became a private citizen following revelations of his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein”. Alas, there are no further details. The paper however surmises that it may involve a funeral service at St George’s chapel, Windsor, and burial at Frogmore cemetery along with other members of his family.

What do we actually want? A shameful death for the King’s brother followed by an anonymous cremation?

What do we actually want? A shameful death for the King’s brother followed by an anonymous cremation?

This arrangement, if true, seems altogether uncontroversial. In death, even sinners are entitled to the dignity of a Christian funeral, and if the former Duke of York is given a funeral service at St George’s Chapel like his father, it seems pretty well what the place is for.

Yet inevitably, the lawyer for the........

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