I’ve covered this particular Andrew story for well over a decade, and it hopefully goes without saying that the ex-prince is an utterly grim, utterly dim disgrace. But for my money, this latest Windsor crisis is the most dangerous variety yet for the crown: philosophical. Far from securing the monarchy’s future, the de-princing of Mr Mountbatten Windsor has hastened its end, in the great scheme of things. Don’t ask me to put a number of years on “the great scheme of things” – all I can tell you is that it’s a real rush writing a column that will only be proved right or wrong long after I’m dead. Tony Blair must feel like this every time he says history will judge him kindly for the Iraq war.