by Christos Zabounis

That the English possess a sense of humor is historically proven. Likewise, the fact that their press – and especially their tabloid newspapers – spare no one they choose to target hardly needs mentioning. Their new “victim” is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, or, as older generations remember him before he lost his title, Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, named after his paternal grandfather, Prince Andrew of Greece, father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Andrew, now a commoner, after his punishment due to his involvement in the Epstein scandal, was obliged a few days ago to leave the 30-room royal residence, the famous Royal Lodge, and to settle temporarily, thanks to the kindness of his elder brother, King Charles, at Wood Farm, until the renovation of Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate is completed. There, for the first time in his peripatetic life, he will be deprived of the services of his large household staff, with only a valet, a butler, and a chef accompanying him. I am reading the report in the otherwise pro-royalist newspaper Express, titled: “The humiliating job Andrew will have to do himself ‘for first time ever’, in his life.” What, then, is this humiliating task Andrew will have to perform “for the first time” in his life? The answer is laughable: to open the front door of his home by himself.