King Charles warned to ‘save the Royals from themselves'

King Charles is expected to protect the Royal Family from themselves in scathing statement

Royal expert Dr Tessa Dunlop has done a critical analysis of how the King’s younger brother, Prince Andrew, has created great trouble for family amid his involvement with a Chinese spy.

Speaking about the long term impact of Andrew’s friendship, Dr Dunlop notes: "All that secrecy and someone was always going to come unstuck.”

"It is remarkable that we spent much of the year exclaiming at how open Charles and Kate had been for uttering the word 'cancer' when the operational reality of monarchy remains a great big mystery. Transparency, there is virtually none. And the labyrinthine royal maze regrettably still includes Andrew. Despite his proven lack of judgement... Andrew continues to woo all the wrong friends. As for influence, apparently that was left to the Chinese government."

The expert continued: "Despite coming unstuck during the Epstein furore, [Andrew] still enjoys levels of protection from public scrutiny the rest of us can only dream of. Decades on, Andrew's time as a trade envoy cannot be investigated because as a royal he is granted special protection. (Access to his files is prohibited until 2065). Nor will a freedom of information (FOI) request yield results: royals are exempt from the FOI Act. Even 'non-working' princes play by different rules. Apparently, their privacy matters more than the public interest."

"Increased transparency about royal financing and vested interests, and fewer exemptions from scrutiny, would place the royal family on a similar footing to other public institutions. In the long term, a more open-book monarchy would increase trust, while protecting against the perils of outside nefarious forces. And it would protect the royals from themselves"