Rahul Gandhi arrives in Raipur to attend Congress party’s three-day plenary session

A narrow legal argument may become Prince Andrew’s strongest defence as experts examine whether misconduct in public office charges can stand without proving he acted as a public officer. Lawyers say that if this legal threshold is not met, the case may struggle to proceed, raising fresh questions over whether the disgraced royal could avoid prosecution, and whether any legal relief could ever repair the lasting damage to his public image.