End of the Affair?

Are we getting near the end of the Prince (or whatever we're meant to call him now) Andrew saga?  I certainly hope so, as I'm heartily sick of it.  I hold no brief for the man, in fact, I don't even like him, having always thought him an utter arrogant and morally bankrupt knob, but this whole press campaign against him has been characterised by spite and vindictiveness.  Whilst he might well be deserving of it all, the media coverage of the loss of his titles and privileges have been characterised by a barely disguised glee, with those reporting on it clearly seeing it as some kind of 'settling of scores' for past disputes and slights.  Their relentless pursuit of him, not because they really think that he's done anything wrong, but simply because they don't like him, makes me feel uneasy.  Not I think that he's a victim, but the real victims in this, the women he was allegedly involved in exploiting, are effectively still being used as pawns, this time in someone else's game of 'tit-for-tat'.  Moreover, the whole scale of the UK coverage of this business has been completely out of proportion compared to ex-Prince Andrew's actual importance.  Sure, you can argue, as the media does, that it undermines the integrity of the Royal Family, but they, in truth, are an archaic irrelevance as far as public life in the UK is concerned.  His links to Epstein, whilst personally embarrassing for him and by extension his brother, the King, don't have the kind of political impact as, say, the President of the United States' alleged links to the disgraced and deceased financier and sex offender.  

Worst of all, the reporting of this business have dominated the headlines in the UK to the exclusion of other, far more important, stories.  Anyone would think that wasn't still a war going on in Ukraine, that the ceasefire in Gaza seems to be routinely being broken by Israel, that climate targets are being missed and so on.   But, of course, that's the idea.  It's been puffed up as a distraction from the stories that the press, particularly the right-wing press, don't want you to know about.  For instance, I'm still waiting to hear more about those EU fraud allegations against Nigel Fartage's significant other.  Not to mention the fact that we have no idea where she got the money to buy that house outright for Fartage to live in Clacton.  Not that I'm saying there's a link, but come on, join the dots.  But instead of pursuing that, journalists have instead spent their time gloating over some sad irrelevance's self-inflicted misfortunes.  Look, it's not that I don't have any sympathy for the women abused by Epstein and his pals, but this sort of sideshow, ultimately, won't get them justice.  The ex-Prince is just a sacrificial lamb, with all those wealthy Epstein cronies currently running multi-national companies or occupying senior government positions, hoping that throwing him to the wolves will assuage those looking for justice.  Crucifying him doesn't implicate them or affect them materially.  So under the bus he goes.  To get back to the original point, hopefully the ex Prince Andrew stuff can now start fading from the headlines and the media forced to get back to reporting the important stuff again - like just why was 'Tommy Robinson' driving someone else's Bentley, stuffed with cash, to Spain, when stopped by the police?