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Forgive me if I am a little skeptical in my compassion for Prince Andrew following news that emerged this week in both The Daily Mail and The Times. It is one of those suspicious exclusives that lands in two papers at once and immediately makes you think somebody at the Palace had to be involved. Both reports say Prince Edward paid Andrew an Easter visit because he was worried about his mental health.
Of course, this is a line the Palace has tried to wheel out before. Andrew Lownie, the Duke of York’s biographer, has previously expressed concern that this is all part of a softening-up exercise, getting everybody used to the idea that we are now meant to feel sorry for Andrew because he is having such a hard time and his sanity is supposedly at risk.
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