There’s absolutely no way a senior royal figure will participate in a trial, as a witness and definitely not as the accused. It’s too risky. As individuals they have nothing to gain and everything to lose, and as members of the BRF the monarchy itself would be jeopardised if something untrue or incriminating came out. And the repercussions of that are unthinkable (Scottish independence, Brexit and NI firstly, then swelling support for a republic and growing members of the Commonwealth wanting to leave). There’s too much at stake, it would be against the national interest.
It is a given that there will never be a trial, and all the parties know that.
The DA’s office in SDNY is doing all that needs to be done to bare their teeth in their own political game, knowing full well nothing will come of it. They can look aggressive and ruthless (not that they’re even doing that, really) without taking any risks. This case is a gift: they get to support women’s rights, at a time where Roe v Wade is up in front of the Supreme Court thanks to the Southern states, and when it all crumbles they’ll look like champions of women’s rights of the progressive Democrat northern states.
What this takes is proper, investigative reporting and a whistleblower. Not the court of public opinion which is manipulated by PR representatives, social media, even the MSM with its vested interests. Just old fashioned, plodding investigative reporting. It’ll be the Guardian, probably, given their anti-monarchy project and reporting on HMQ’s abuse of the royal prerogative and the Firm’s finances.
And even if the top is blown, it’ll all blow over with William and Catherine ultimately settling in as the modern heads of a radically slimmed down - but still disgustingly rich - monarchy. Loads of properties, artefacts, artwork, jewels, land will be turned over to public hands. No royal yacht or train. Lots of emphasis on history, not much future visioning for the monarchy. Perhaps some building on Charles’s efforts at apologizing for some of the British monarchy’s colonial sins. And definitely a smaller scale operation for a couple of generations. Just the direct line of succession. Less visibility, fewer engagements, but every appearance will be high profile. Charlotte and Louis will go on to do normal-ish things, George will continue what Williams starts. Charles will be a short lived King who will get the ball rolling. It’ll all be in keeping with Britain’s reduced standing in global stakes. Today’s monarchy reflects its post-war reputation. That’s long diminished and nowadays really only embodies by the queen herself. Those days are over.
History will say Andrew brought it on but really it started with Charles and Diana and letting the cameras in. The bubble burst, and it became impossible to justify the rabid hypocrisy of the whole lot of them. World affairs haven’t helped the BRF.
Andrew is no better or worse than any of them, for the self-belief and entitlement. They all believe they are better than the Queen’s subjects, and they all know that the law doesn’t apply to them as it does to us (because it literally doesn’t). Andrew’s best bet is to say nothing, do nothing, until he dies. It’s the best he can do for his daughters (who I believe are 100% as entitled as their father, and also believe in their superiority over us plebs; they’re chips off the old block). They’re grubby, grabby people who can’t afford the lifestyle they think they deserve for all their deprivations of a “normal life” (little do they know). They’re a joke, the whole lot of them.