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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s spectacular fall from grace last year hasn’t discouraged a subset of the royal fanbase, who have labelled his ostracism a “medieval witch hunt”. Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son was banished from the fold following years of controversy over his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n While he has denied allegations of sexual assault from trafficked teenager Virginia Giuffre<\/a> and any knowledge of Epstein’s illegal activities, Andrew’s public support has plummeted in recent months, with a YouGov report last October finding that 91% of Brits have a negative view of him. The 4% of the nation who continue to hold positive opinions of the former Duke of York<\/a> have coalesced into a vocal online community, however, with members of a handful of forums denouncing his “mob-like” trial by media and suggesting “nothing will be good enough” to satisfy doubters of his innocence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “What’s happening at the moment is simply too much,” one contributor wrote on Theroyalforums.com. “It’s like a medieval ‘witch hunt’.”<\/p>\n “I think some people won’t think anyone has done enough until he’s been rendered homeless, broke, in prison, formally stripped of literally anything,” another said. “Nothing will probably ever be good enough.”<\/p>\n A MumsNet user also chimed in on the discussion on a thread dedicated to discussing the royals. “He’s convicted of no crime,” they wrote. “But he’s so loathed and despised people won’t be satisfied until he’s in the gutter somewhere.<\/p>\n “There’s no satisfying this baying mob and it demonstrates how little we’ve advanced over the centuries.”<\/p>\n Defenders of the disgraced former Prince also insisted his military history should earn him a degree of respect from the general public, in spite of overshadowing controversies.<\/p>\n