Family feuds The long history of brothers pubicly falling out

When King Charles told Prince Andrew he was being stripped of his titles and turned into a commoner, it is unlikely that either man felt a rush of brotherly love.

- Donna Ferguson

Of course, the pair are far from the first siblings to fall out.

Cain and Abel

Possibly the most famous tale of brotherly rivalry is the Bible's Cain and Abel, the first and second sons of Adam and Eve.

According to the book of Genesis, Cain, a farmer, became jealous of his brother Abel, a shepherd, because God preferred Abel's sacrifice of a lamb over his own sacrifice of fruit.

Feeling quite upset about this, Cain lured Abel out into a field and murdered him.

George VI and Edward VIII

After Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson in December 1936, his younger brother George became King.

Edward was not invited to the coronation, and George denied Wallis the title of Her Royal Highness, which affords privileges such as the sovereign grant.