"London fashion week was probably the last public place King Charles III wanted to be on Thursday, admiring the suits and costumes that no one he knows would dream of buying, and making light conversation with designers he would have difficulty in recognising at a royal garden party. Charles must have been contemplating the crumbling of all his plans and hopes for his reign."
"Certainly it is worse than Diana's death and more threatening than the 1936 abdication crisis, because it undermines the institution itself. The Andrew crisis has not been over in a week or a fortnight it just goes on posing questions, not only containable ones limited to Andrew's apparent behaviour, but wider ones seeping through whole aspects of the monarchy: its money, its privacy, its unaccountability, its character and, crucially, its popularity with the public."
King Charles III attended London Fashion Week while facing the fallout from allegations about his brother that threaten the monarchy. Charles had anticipated a short reign, even before a cancer diagnosis, but not one destabilised by family scandal. The current crisis ranks among the most damaging in centuries, outweighing previous royal tragedies and abdication crises by undermining the institution itself. The situation raises wider questions about royal money, privacy, unaccountability, character and public support. Longstanding tolerance of Prince Andrew’s conduct, possible protection by the late monarch, and delays in palace action have further complicated the succession and institutional stability.
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