I’m not really sure they can be held accountable, the queen was in the chair at the time, and clearly believed naively the best of her son and had no idea. It’s like saying if some rips off a company then all the employees are culpable. Andrew had his own office, lived in his own house and was independent in that.
did they all think he was sketchy prob, I mean Christ his nickname was Randy Andy, he was a renowned shagger, although everyone thought women of age and consensual, Charles counseled the queen against giving him the envoy role, saying he’d use it for his own ends, and the queen ignored it. The queen was iron fist level in control.
she made a bad decision, he was lying to her, and manipulating her. And now they are all playing the price.
i think andrew has a touch of the Harry about him, the resentment he wasn’t first born, the resentment his kids didn’t get what Charles kids got, the jealousy of his sibling and their family, the wealth, the power, the position, the security etc,
And I think he felt entitled, that it should have been him, and that drove a lot of his behaviour, in doing exactly what he wished without fear of consequence, and it also drove the queens, in trying to find him a role. Giving him so much Lee way, giving him the envoy role, the big house, the allowances, all out of a mother’s love.
and he just did whatever he wished, without fear of consequence, because he felt entitled to.