Irish Examiner view: Complicity by King Charles would end centuries of deference

Basic questions of criminal complicity will take precedence over whatever technical constitutional issues may be looming

The front pages of national newspapers on display in London showing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving Aylsham Police Station after he was released from custody on Thursday following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

The arrest this week of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Britain’s Prince Andrew, is the latest instalment in a story with all the elements of farce: A pompous protagonist, towering self-importance, unbelievable excuses, and — it now appears — looming retribution.

However, any perception of a comic opera being played out in real time is overshadowed by the human cost of this scandal.