Okay, so Prince Andrew is no Lauren-ce Olivier, and there wasn’t a Marilyn Monroe clone in sight, but the vilayati rajkumar does have an… ummm, reputation with the ladies. And Mumbai has countless fetching ladies. Perhaps he was smarting from the national capital’s response to his visit. Unkind Delhi journos (after being at the receiving end of a right royal snub), had described him as having the personality of a “travelling salesman”. But in Mumbai, the Queen of England’s colourful son (better known as Randy Andy), was treated to a super swish soiree in his honour, at which he happily mingled with glamorous stars from Bollywood and, of course, a few billionaires from the corporate world. From spending time with humble potters in Kumbharwadi to making the mandatory chakkar of Dharavi and staging a photo-op in full naval regalia while visiting the docks, our friendly prince had a packed schedule in aamchi Mumbai.
