Government to be 'guided' on Andrew

THE Government will be “guided” by the royal family on any decision to formally strip Prince Andrew of his titles, as the Prince of Wales reportedly intends to take a more ruthless approach to his disgraced uncle and ban him from his future coronation.

- PRESS ASSOCIATION REPORTERS

Prince Andrew is pictured arriving for the Requiem Mass service for the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral, in London, last month Jordan Pettitt/Press Association

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Heir-to-the-throne William was consulted on the decision that led to Andrew relinquishing his dukedom last Friday, but The Sunday Times said William “knows the ‘Andrew problem’ will be in his in-tray at some point’.

‘The newspaper claimed that the future king, William, will be “more ruthless” and is “not satisfied with the outcome”

Meanwhile, it has been reported that Andrew tried to get the Metropolitan Police to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against his sexual-assault accuser, Virginia Giuffre.

‘The force said it was looking into the allegations, after The Mail On Sunday claimed Andrew passed Ms Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number to his taxpayer-funded bodyguard in 2011, and asked him to investigate.