Or at least the appearance of serious punishment.I think the Royal Family *needs* Andrew to have some sort of serious punishment.
He's got no money on paper, that he's legally obliged to talk about. But he's fucking minted, is at legal risk of losing fuck all - apart from his dignity, but then he doesn't care one jot about how the plebs see him - and neither do his many and varied friends.They won't, because if he has nothing to lose and no money he'll just sell his story. He has 60+ years of dirt, it doesn't matter if it's legal or not. They won't want their privacy eroding like that so he'll be protected.
That's why the performative shit's been going on for ages. Even if he gets found guilty of something (lol, like there'll be a real trial) then at worst he'll spend some time in a variety of ski lodges.Maybe just maybe he is thinking about his kids and grandkids - It is not unheard of.