There is no evidence that King Charles or his heir knew of, or even met, the egregious Epstein but, more than six years after the American’s death, he still sticks to and smears the institution. The king may have gone as far as he can in distancing the family from his brother, removing his titles, kicking him out of his grace-and-favour home in Windsor Great Park and moving him to the agreeable wilds of Norfolk, but the malady lingers on. Humiliation isn’t enough – what kills the monarchy is entitlement. The entertaining royal soap opera has reached a bitter stage.