▁that ▁Rak is he v ▁had ▁arranged ▁meet ings ▁for ▁the ▁cons ort ium . ▁After ▁initially ▁claim ing ▁the ▁email ▁was ▁a ▁forg ery , ▁Buck ingham ▁Palace ▁sought ▁to ▁block ▁its ▁publication ▁as ▁a ▁priv acy ▁bre ach . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Palace ▁strongly ▁denied ▁the ▁alleg ation ▁that ▁the ▁Duke ▁had ▁acted ▁as ▁a ▁" fix er " ▁calling ▁the ▁article ▁" un true , ▁def am atory ▁and ▁a ▁bre ach ▁of ▁the ▁editor ' s ▁code ▁of ▁conduct ." ▁ ▁A ▁former ▁Foreign ▁Office ▁minister , ▁MP ▁Chris ▁Bry ant ▁stated : ▁" When ▁I ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Office ▁it ▁was ▁very ▁difficult ▁to ▁see ▁in ▁whose ▁interests ▁he ▁[ the ▁Duke ] ▁was ▁acting . ▁He ▁doesn ' t ▁exactly ▁add ▁l ust re ▁to ▁the ▁Royal ▁dia dem ." ▁There ▁were ▁calls ▁for ▁an ▁official ▁enqu iry , ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁campaign ▁group ▁Republic ▁saying ▁" this ▁appears ▁to ▁represent ▁ab use ▁of ▁Andrew ' s ▁position ▁as ▁trade ▁en voy ." ▁ ▁E lection ▁to ▁Royal ▁Society ▁Andrew ' s ▁election ▁to ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁prompt ed ▁" B rit ain ' s ▁leading ▁scient ists " ▁to ▁" re vol t " ▁due ▁to ▁Andrew ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁scientific ▁background , ▁with ▁some ▁not ing ▁he ▁had ▁only ▁a ▁secondary ▁school ▁level ▁education . ▁In ▁an ▁op - ed ▁in ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Times , ▁H umb old t ▁Prize ▁recip ient ▁David ▁Col qu h oun ▁op ined , ▁in ▁references ▁to ▁Andrew