up this royal story has kept mejumping up and down for more than 30 years now. there is always another surprise around the corner. i was not expecting the duke of york to relay cushions titles or to be stripped of them we don t know really what is going on behind the scenes. clearly, pressure has been exerted on him, and i think the pressure on the queen was growing for some action, because, as you have been hearing, of the disquiet within the military and people beginning to say, we don t want to toast is held at the end of regimental dinners. so i think it was in evitable, but i m surprised at the timing. i thought they would wait to the outcome of the civil suit. we are told he has relinquished his titles i would imply that perhaps it ultimate he was his choice. i really don t know. but they are being handed down amongst members of the royal family, so that seems a pretty permanent state of affairs. sources close to him arguing he wants to spend his time defending his name, this