People’s King
BEFORE his banishment to a relatively modest house on the Sandringham Estate begins, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will have time to reflect on the greed, sleaze and lies which made his royal position untenable.
Arrogant to the last, the now ex-Prince seemingly believed he would ride out the storm.
As during so much of his freeloading adult life since quitting the Armed Forces, this spoilt playboy got it hopelessly wrong.
Historically unprecedented action by the King to strip him of titles, withdraw his name from the Royal Peerage and kick him out of his beloved Royal Lodge was a nuclear option that had to be taken.
After all, the monarchy’s duty to the British people to be impeccable and moral defenders of the realm is more important than anyone — even a brother.
The reaction of the public proves His Majesty right — witness the spontaneous outburst of applause from the audience on BBC Question Time.
We sympathise with residents of Sandringham, who are clear they don’t want Andrew on their doorstep.
Let’s hope for their sake that he gets the message and stays well out of sight.
He still remains eighth in the line of succession as only an Act of Parliament can remove him.
But there’s practically zero chance he could ever ascend to the throne.
His banishment is basically complete.
The King has proved he understands what his brother never could: he is only there to serve the people.
PIP PIP dismay
BRITAIN is sinking under the unsustainable burden of a ballooning bill for welfare.
So for Labour to effectively abandon any serious attempt to cut disability benefits is a grave dereliction of duty.
Its flagship “review” of welfare has already agreed before even properly starting that there will be no changes to Personal Independence Payments.
In other words, no money will ever be saved. That will please the workshy and the social media “sickfluencers” encouraging a cushy life on benefits.
But it’s terrible news for working people paying more tax to fund this madness.
Fits the Bill
BILL Gates once warned mankind was doomed to extinction by climate change.
But the billionaire now rightly warns eco-zealotry will kill millions of the Earth’s poorest by pouring huge resources into Net Zero while ignoring the threat of pandemics and disease.
His message that using more energy means more growth — the only way to improve people’s lives — should also be urgently heeded by politicians hellbent on de-industrialising our economy.
