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On the outskirts of the sprawling city of Paris stands Villa Windsor - a glamorous house surrounded by a large garden and trees.

The crisis confronting the royal family over the revelations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the Epstein files is more severe than the abdication of Edward VIII, according to the author of the former prince’s biography.

On September 13, 1940, a German pilot was given his orders: destroy Buckingham Palace and kill the King and Queen. Should he succeed, it would be a military triumph for Adolf Hitler.