I think the Royal Family will survive. They have an obedient media to bat for them. As I said elsewhere, if Andrew is guilty of anything, I personally find it very hard to believe that nobody in The Firm knew what was going on. It must be incredibly difficult for anyone with his level of seniority to do much of criminal significance behind everybody’s back. But the official line will be that he did and the press and broadcast media will be told to pump that message out and that will be that.
I have to say having been aware of what Peel got up to I’m surprised his programmes are still being shown. Another one who got away with it whilst alive.