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Royal historian Anna Whitelock says Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's arrest on charges of misconduct in a public office will mean "everything" the royals do will be "overshadowed". Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00And of course this is only just about his conduct in public office.
00:05There are investigations going on about those wider allegations about sex trafficking
00:10which may or may not result in Andrew being charged
00:14and that may or may not also result in further very difficult questions for the palace
00:20about who knew what when.
00:21So I think the kind of damage this is going to have on the royal family
00:25undoubtedly will only be known in the fullness of time
00:28but everything they now do is going to be overshadowed by Prince Andrew.
00:33And I think at the very least we can expect over time that we are going to have to see
00:38and there will be calls for greater transparency in the institution of monarchy.
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