legal interference, and not getting involved officially. at the time the scenes trying to work out with andrew. he's not being seen in public at all because they know those pictures would get in the papalers and it will all blow up again. he still has certainly military titles which give him a formal role and there is lots of talk within the military about him having to give them up. the queen could strip him of those titles. i don't think that's really her style, but there may come a point where andrew thinks, let's get out of the headlines as much as i can, and resign from those titles, although he may think that's not the right thing to do as long as he's an innocent panel. he hasn't been found guilty of anything yet, isa, and he denies all the charges. >> max foster for us this morning outside very sunny windsor castle there. thanks very much, max. now, the omicron variant is shattering records all over the world. hospitals under tremendous pressure. we'll analyze the comparison in hong kong when we come back.