This week, King Charles was doing something the British royal family are accustomed to - shaking the hands of royal fans who had lined up for a chance to greet him outside a Cathedral in the UK.

But then there was a shout from the crowd - loud and clear over the hum of voices and clicking of cameras: “How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?”

Today, senior columnist Jacqueline Maley on the problem of Prince Andrew and why the scandal is being called the “stuff of which revolutions are made”.