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Is it time to park all royal patronage and privilege and separate the monarchy from our state and legislature?<\/p>\n
The farcical spectacle of the royal family was on full view last week, culminating in the stripping of all royal titles and honours from the King\u2019s brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.<\/p>\n
Over the weeks, further details of Andrew’s connections with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and sexual assault claims dripped out.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> ‘Freedom of speech needs to be safeguarded’, says Mike Dailly<\/a><\/p>\n The response from the palace was a suggested incremental removal of patronage and privilege.<\/p>\n In my opinion, this was a calculated attempt to draw a line under the affair.<\/p>\n But the public\u2019s mood and opprobrium towards Andrew’s uncontrite behaviour would not be quelled, resulting in last week\u2019s private banishment for Andrew.<\/p>\n No longer a prince or an HRH, Andrew will have to make do with alternative freebies.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been reported that King Charles will provide him with a property<\/a> on the Sandringham estate rent-free, together with a six-figure relocation package and an annual stipend.<\/p>\n Quite handy for Andy.<\/p>\n And not bad for a guy who denies all wrongdoing in relation to the late Virginia Giuffre, despite settling her damages action in the United States for a reported \u00a312 million pounds.<\/p>\n The reports and allegations concerning Andrew’s behaviour seem to encapsulate all seven deadly sins.<\/p>\n It was in the 6th century that Pope Gregory revised the sins to what we now know.<\/p>\n The 13th-century poet and philosopher, Dante Alighieri, considered the seven deadly sins to be corrupt versions of love; lust, gluttony, and greed were excessive or disordered love of good things; and wrath, envy, and pride were perverted love directed toward others’ harm.<\/p>\n Sloth was a deficiency of love.<\/p>\n