Buckingham Palace may have hoped that Prince Andrew giving up his titles might decisively draw a line under the scandals - but the problems for the Palace show no sign of going away.
It seemed that it was the public's outcry that forced the Palace to recognise that something had to be done, before Andrew was pushed into giving up titles such as the Duke of York.
That raises questions about whether the Palace should have acted sooner in responding to events involving Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein that happened many years ago.
Royal sources say the accusations against Andrew are being treated with "very great concern and should be examined in the appropriate ways to the fullest extent".
Prince Andrew stopped being a working royal in 2019 - and as such Buckingham Palace has not been accountable for him in recent years.
