As a lifelong monarchist, I couldn't have been more disappointed and appalled to discover the extent of the friendship between the Duke and Duchess of York and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The shamed former prince snuck professional masseuse Monique Giannelloni into the late Queen's official residence after she was recommended to him by Ghislaine Maxwell.
Paul Page, who served between 1998 and 2004, said that officers working for the former Duke of York were 'not allowed' to know the names of the girls who visited him.
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the questions around the way Buckingham Palace has responded to the various accusations against the King's brother.
Marcus Johnstone, a leading criminal defence lawyer specialising in sex crime, claims the ex-prince may now be investigated over claims he allowed sex trafficking victims into Buckingham Palace .
Paul Page, who served between 1998 and 2004, has claimed that officers working for Andrew were 'not allowed' to know the names of the girls who visited him.
Andrew allegedly smuggled girls into Buckingham Palace , apparently with little or no security clearance, telling aides: 'Mrs Windsor will arrive shortly, please let her in and show her up'.
Standing in stately splendour in the corner of St James's Square, barely half a mile from Buckingham Palace , it unashamedly proclaims itself to be 'a gentleman's home from home'...