King Charles ought to think about taking a leaf out of the late Queen’s playbook after the ‘avalanche’ of scandals involving Andrew, a royal skilled stated
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has introduced an ‘avalanche’ of scandal (Picture: AFP through Getty Pictures)
King Charles ought to think about “taking part in a card” favoured by the late Queen in instances of disaster, a royal skilled has claimed. Police and prosecutors have held talks over allegations that the King’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaked confidential paperwork to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Paperwork within the Epstein information recommend the previous Prince and the Duke of York shared authorities data with Epstein when Andrew was the UK’s commerce envoy. It’s the newest in a string of allegations in opposition to Andrew, who denies any wrongdoing with regards his relationship with Epstein, who killed himself whereas awaiting trial in August 2019.
The Royal Household has stayed largely tight-lipped on the allegations surrounding Andrew earlier than the King and Prince William launched written statements on Monday expressing “profound” and “deep concern” for Epstein’s victims.
Andrew has put King Charles in a troublesome place (Picture: AFP through Getty Pictures)
However in accordance with the Sunday Occasions’ Roya Nikkhah, the Royal Household’s long-held mottos of “enterprise as standard” and “by no means complain, by no means clarify” are outdated. She thinks Charles might think about taking a leaf out of his late mom’s guide in how one can take care of a royal disaster.
She wrote: “Their (Charles and William’s) written statements issued inside hours of one another on Monday, expressing ‘profound’ and ‘deep concern’ for Epstein’s victims, haven’t quelled disquiet. Nor has stripping Andrew’s titles and relocating him to Norfolk extinguished public revulsion.
“Listening to from the monarch in private, spoken phrases, relatively than Palace statements, would redress that. In instances of nationwide disaster, Queen Elizabeth understood talking to us was a reassuring salve. It was a card she hardly ever performed, however after the dying of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 and because the Covid pandemic struck in in 2020, her televised addresses settled a rattled public.”
Roya reckons {that a} comparable message from Charles, with “enter from William”, “would go a good distance” to settling the general public.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and King Charles (Picture: AFP through Getty Pictures)
Andrew was stripped of his remaining titles by Charles final yr, whereas he was additionally evicted from the sprawling Royal Lodge in Windsor, the place he lived from 2004 till a number of weeks in the past. He’s now residing in Wooden Farm on the Sandringham Property on a brief foundation whereas his new everlasting house, Marsh Farm, undergoes renovations.
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The previous prince’s relationship with the intercourse offender Epstein has triggered controversy because the pair have been photographed collectively in New York’s Central Park in 2010. The picture was taken after Epstein had been convicted of kid prostitution and had served a 13-month jail sentence.
Andrew’s notorious Newsnight interview in November 2019 accelerated his fall from grace. The next yr it was introduced that Andrew would indefinitely withdraw from his public roles. Final yr he was stripped of his honours, kinds and royal titles, together with his peerage title of Duke of York and his delivery title of Prince.
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