Andrew is currently facing a fate that many say is even worse than that of Prince Harry.
Author and security expert Richard Aitch was the one who made this comment, in a conversation with The Mirror.
According to the expert, “this is going to be a very delicate situation for both Andrew and the police to decide what happens because they have to be very careful in keeping in mind what their response to Harry was. Now Andrew is in an even worse situation than Harry is right now.”
Because “when you consider that all former Prime Ministers who no longer serve the country still enjoy police protection for British taxpayer-funded spending until their dying day, you first have to ask whether Prince Harry is fifth in line to the throne and really gets nothing in the UK, even though [RAVEC] let’s say on a case by case basis.
“And then, on the other hand, how can the police realistically provide a level of security for Andrew given that he is eighth in line to the throne and in a worse situation?” he wondered.
After all, in an incredibly public move, “he’s been stripped of his titles, stripped of his duties, even though Harry has decided not to participate in royal duties as such, the actual duties have been taken away from Andrew – he can’t. And literally, he’s a civilian like everyone else in the UK, so on that basis alone he shouldn’t have police protection.”
He also added: “I’m sure if you were to sit down with the RAVEC committee members and ask them ‘what is Andrew going to receive in terms of police protection?’ Is there a problem there? and so on, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they turned around and said exactly the same thing as they do with Harry, as long as it was on a case by case basis.
However, the only way Andrew would get protection appears to be “through a default setting, should Andrew appear at the same time.” [as the Firm’s members at events]it would indeed also benefit from a certain level of protection.
However, that doesn’t mean it will be completely left to its own devices, Mr. Aitch said.
“Andrew will always benefit, I think, from an oversight in terms of protection, because the repercussions incurred if he, for example, was attacked while walking down the street and it was fatal, the questions would always be asked: ‘what is going on here? Isn’t there a duty of care to members of the royal family, eighth in line, brother to the king for God’s sake, why aren’t we doing something about it?’ And, of course, the last thing the royal family wants is another investigation into what is happening and who gets what,” he concluded.
