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as one senior official muttered with distinct discomfort yesterday: 'Not yet.' The constant stream of uncomfortable news reopened the debate at the Palace this week about the future direction of the monarchy. The question is about the size of the official Royal Family and who should formally feature

d the festive season but it's been close. One after another, news of their exasperating behaviour has thudded on to the nation's breakfast tables. Princess Anne behaving boorishly towards an elderly lady handing her a flower decoration. Prince Andrew cavorting endlessly and aimlessly in the sunshine of the

r as one senior official muttered with distinct discomfort yesterday: Not yet.' The constant stream of uncomfortable news reopened the debate at the Palace this week about the future direction of the monarchy. The question is about the size of the official Royal Family and who should fonnally feature as

ed the festive season but it's been close. One after another, ncws of their exasperating behaviour has thudded on to the nation's breakfast tables. Princess Anne behaving boorishly towards an elderly lady handing her a flower decoration. Prince Andrew cavorting endlessly and aimlessly in the sunshine of the F

of Kent as vice-chairman of British Trade International, a hugely important roving ambassadorial role drumming up trade for Britain. As one senior Palace courtier complains: 'He hasn't looked much like an ambassador this week, has he?' Andrew has taken over, again from his cousin the Duke of Kent, as

introducing him to a kaleidoscope of her socialite friends whenever they arc together? At the Palace, they are certainly a trifle uneasy about it. Princess Anne, 50, is experienced enough to have kept her tongue between her teeth or at least, as her friends would expect, in her cheek in taking an old lady's