By the time a wide-eyed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was slumped in the back of a Range Rover on his way to the police station last week, the reality had hit home. The man who was once a prince, watching his life crumble before his eyes.

Now, as the world reels from Andrew’s arrest, and the royals scramble to protect themselves from one of the biggest crises the palace has ever faced – a warning from a royal biographer: that Charles could go down too.

Today, royal historian Andrew Lownie, who literally wrote the book on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on what’s next for the former prince – and whether the King could be forced to abdicate the throne.

 

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Guest: Andrew Lownie, historian and royal biographer

Photo: Richard Pohle/The Times Pool via AP

By the time a wide-eyed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was slumped in the back of a Range Rover on his way to the police station last week, the reality had hit home. The man who was once a prince, watching his life crumble before his eyes.
Now, as the world reels from Andrew&rsquo;s arrest, and the royals scramble to protect themselves from one of the biggest crises the palace has ever faced &ndash; a warning from a royal biographer: that Charles could go down too.
Today, royal historian Andrew Lownie, who literally wrote the book on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on what&rsquo;s next for the former prince &ndash; and whether the King could be forced to abdicate the throne.
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Guest: Andrew Lownie, historian and royal biographer
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Could the Andrew scandal bring down the King?

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