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Is it time to trade in Prince Andrew?

He's been a UK Trade Envoy for a decade, but are Prince Andrew's friendships making him a liability? Labour MP Chris Bryant says Andrew should go. Nicky Campbell takes your calls.

He's been a UK Trade Envoy for a decade, and he's helped British businesses sign multi-million pound deals. But now -there are calls for Prince Andrew to stand down because of his friendship with a convicted sex offender.

The Labour MP and former Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant says Andrew should go, but the Business Secretary Vince Cable says you can't write off the deals Prince Andrew has helped to "lubricate."

So is it time to trade in Prince Andrew?

Nicky Campbell takes your calls, and also hears from royal historian Hugo Vickers, royal commentator Margaret Holder, former ambassador to Tunisia Stephen Day and Graham Smith from Republic.

1 hour

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  • Mon 7 Mar 2011 09:00