Sources close to the Royal Family also say that although Mountbatten-Windsor’s poor judgement needed sanction, he does remain a member of the family and on a personal level there is a duty of care owed to him, hence the provision of a home in Norfolk funded by the King.

A duty to care? What about the victims who endured decades of slander while Noncy Drew was ruining their lives?

If the state cares for the rapist but not the victims then the state supports rape and must be stopped.