Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?
- Written by Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England
When a royal faces scrutiny, it can feel like a rupture with tradition. Yet across the ages, British royals have repeatedly fallen under suspicion. What makes the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor so striking is that we have to reach back to the 17th century to find anything comparable.
The royals are by no means strangers to scandal, but...
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