Royal rift: UK monarchy will look smaller when dust settles

But the changes have come at a terrible cost for Charles, who has seen his brother Prince Andrew disgraced and his once close sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, become estranged. The trials and tribulations of Andrew and Harry - one tainted for a close friendship with a convicted sex offender, the other unwilling to continue his high-profile role - will take both out of their royal duties, leaving a smaller, more modest royal apparatus.