Prince Andrew
You’ll want to claw your face off: Scoop reviewed
Scoop is a dramatised account of the events leading up to the BBC’s 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. The…
Prince Andrew will never learn his lesson
As the Princess of Wales draws plaudits for appearing at last night’s BAFTA awards in a subtly reused Alexander McQueen…
The Prince Andrew conundrum
Prince Philip’s memorial service yesterday was an affecting occasion. The hymns, including Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer and Britten’s…
Will Prince Andrew fuel a republican boom?
So that’s then. After years of claims and counter-claims, Prince Andrew has settled with Virginia Giuffre for an eight-figure sum…
Prince Andrew settles. What next?
In some ways, the news is a disappointment. Prince Andrew’s decision to settle the civil case filed against him by…
My new nickname for Putin
According to the new Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the Russians wish to ‘put at risk…
Prince Andrew's royal excommunication is complete
Prince Andrew has been well and truly cut adrift. By his only family. From birth, he was styled His Royal…
Prince Andrew has no good options
It’s not a good look, aged 61, to be hiding behind your mother. The ninth in line to the throne…
The failed royal response to Prince Andrew's Epstein scandal
The royals are dab hands at navigating crises. They’ve had no choice but to develop the necessary skills. Their armoury…
The royal redemption of Prince Andrew
Seventeen months is clearly long enough, as far as Prince Andrew is concerned, to spend in the royal wilderness. While…
Koo d’etat
From 16 October 1982: Prince Andrew’s Caribbean holiday with Miss Koo Stark (following, perhaps prompted by, months of all-male company…
‘For the Jenni, not the few’: the anti-Boris attack line Labour missed
If the age of deference were still with us, the mortuary tag has now been tied to its toe following…
Prince Andrew and me
No use piling on where Prince Andrew is concerned. It’s a sorry business, and he’s not among the brightest either.…
Prince Andrew’s Pitch@Palace was bad news for businesses
A couple of years ago, I was briefly involved with Pitch@Palace – Prince Andrew’s initiative to link up fledgeling businesses…
Portrait of the week: The leaders’ debate, the Duke’s interview and the gilet jaunes’ birthday
Home In a television debate Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, was jeered by the studio audience when he was asked…
What happened to the other Dukes of York?
Old Dukes of York Prince Andrew is the 14th royal to have held the title Duke of York (three were…
War of the Worlds is as bad as Doctor Who
Edwardian England deserved everything it got from those killer Martian invaders. Or so I learned from the BBC’s latest adaptation…
Prince Andrew should have married someone like my wife
Like many people, I watched Prince Andrew’s Newsnight meltdown with mounting disbelief. Why had he agreed to do it? It…
Watch Paxo set a new PB for lip-curling: Paxman On The Queen’s Children reviewed
You might well expect a royal documentary on Channel 5 to be unashamedly gossipy. You might also expect it to…
