Britain has been labelled a “freak show” by theVladimir Putinregime as it waded into the scandal over ex-princeAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The dictator’s foreign ministry mouthpiece Maria Zakharova alleged the UK’s establishment was paying the price for turning a blind eye for so long.

“Look at what's happening in Britain now,” she said in an interview with state media outlet TASS. “It's truly a freak show, God forgive me….Look at what's happening there” - likening the fallout from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with a “circus”. "A member of the royal family, a man who made not just decisions, but was empowered to implement British policy both domestically and internationally….They seemed to distance themselves from him, stripped him of some titles, and then took him to the police station for a few hours,” she said. “True, they later released him. What does this mean?"

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“Because, of course, they tap all phones, they tap and spy on members of their elite, of course.

“We remember how the wiretaps of Charles, Prince [now King] Charles, were periodically published, and so on.

“They're engaged in intrigue, they use various materials.

“They knew what he was doing, and they covered it up.”

At the same time, the "heinous scum” in Britain “invented stories aboutRussiabeing bad, expelled our diplomats, destroyed bilateral relations between people, between states, between societies.”

Source: Daily Express :: World Feed