Despite having forgone his titles Prince Andrew is at risk of suffering another major humiliation, and this time around it may come at the hands of his family.

The reason for this is the upcoming Christmas celebrations which the Royal Family enjoy at Sandringham, but according to insiders, some senior royals are calling on him being stripped of his invitation.

According to a well placed source, “As far as most courtiers and senior royals are concerned it’s quite frankly ridiculous that he’s still being allowed to stay at Royal Lodge and be tolerated anywhere near the threshold.”

The insider also told Heat World, “The likes of William and even Camilla have already insisted they won’t tolerate being in the same room at Christmas or any other event, so the walls are really caving in on Andrew.”

So as it stands “the longer this mess drags on the worse it’s getting for all parties involved.”

“Andrew is totally synonymous with sleaze and dishonesty at this point, there’s barely anyone left inside the Firm that wants anything to do with him, let alone to buy into his ludicrous position that he somehow deserves forgiveness or even a seat at the royal dining table.”

Prince Harry’s behavior following his marriage to Meghan Markle has prompted an expert to come forward with the message ‘I just wish he didn’t blame everyone else for it. It wasn’t the press, it wasn’t the public, they all wanted it to succeed’.

The expert in question is royal expert and author, Phil Dampier and he’s offered a no holds barred take on the royal couple, from the days of their very first Invictus Games appearance, in Toronto after their wedding.

He spoke about everything with Royal editor Matt Wilkinson on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, and the conversation saw the expert get specific about the media paranoia that erupted right after their marriage.

“We were completely and utterly shocked by that. I just couldn’t believe it when he did that,” the expert said in regards to Prince Harry’s statement about his wife’s media coverage.

“Looking back I think there were one or two remarks in a couple of columns that made some rather unpleasant remarks about her background. But generally speaking,” Mr Dampier admitted, “99 per cent of the coverage was overwhelmingly positive and welcoming.”

Later in the interview the expert also called it a “very bad beginning” where “Harry’s paranoia” was out on full display, even though at the start of her wedding “she seemed like a breath of fresh air.”

That is why “I just couldn’t believe it when he started complaining to the press that she was being mistreated because, generally speaking, I don’t think she was,” he said.

Before concluding he also noted, “We know from Spare and everything that has happened subsequently that obviously he bottled up a lot of angst and bitterness. But William had to go through the same and he has managed to cope with it.”

While “it’s obviously really affected him but I just wish he didn’t blame everyone else for it. It wasn’t the press, it wasn’t the public, they all wanted it to succeed.”

• Takaichi set to become Japan’s first female prime minister.
• Takaichi’s election marks a shift to the right in Japan.
• Equity markets optimistic about Takaichi’s economic policies.

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was set to become Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday after winning a critical vote in parliament’s lower house.

An acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election to choose the next premier, topping the majority of the 465-seat chamber. 

Her victory shatters the glass ceiling in a country where men still hold overwhelming sway and puts Japan, a close US ally, on a forceful shift to the right.

Her victory comes after her Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for most of its postwar history, agreed to a coalition deal with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin.

Takaichi will likely be approved by the less-powerful upper house and sworn in as Japan’s 104th prime minister this evening to succeed the incumbent Shigeru Ishiba, who last month announced his resignation to take responsibility for election losses.

But her elevation is unlikely to be feted as a sign of progressive change, marking instead a turn to the right on immigration and social issues. After years of deflation, Japan is now grappling with rising prices, something that has sparked public anger and fuelled support for oppositions groups including the far-right Sanseito party.