Prince Andrew is an embarrassment but the Royal Family is still one of Britain’s greatest assets on the international stage, says James Price

This Christmas, many of us will be forced to fraternise with embarrassing uncles (not you, if you’re reading this, Uncle Mike!) – and the Royal Family is no exception.

As if his friendship with a convicted paedophile and mysterious sources of income weren’t enough to make you sweat (though not him, of course), Prince Andrew has also been revealed to be a close associate of an alleged Chinese spy. It has led some to question the value of the Royal Family more broadly.

I couldn’t disagree more. On a trip earlier this year to the heartlands of the United States, whenever people heard my accent, they would unfailingly ask me........

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