Andrew's tense bond with Charles - 'dagger to heart' and 'cutting ties'

King Charles and Prince Andrew are said to be at loggerheads once again - with the monarch threatening to "cut ties" with his younger brother.

READ MORE - Prince Harry asked for 'secret meeting' with King Charles and William over 'the state of things'Different childhoods Charles is the eldest son of the late Queen and the Prince Philip, having been born in 1948. Andrew was born in 1960 - meaning there is an age gap of 12 years, so the pair didn't really grow up together.

Close wives In the 1980s, both Princes were granted grand weddings when they wed their respective ex-wives - Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson. Diana and Fergie had a close bond and they were often pictured chatting at events, such as Ascot. However, this came to a head in 2011, when Beatrice and Eugenie were stripped of their 24-hour taxpayer-funded security. And one royal expert said Charles was forced to intervene after it caused a row behind palace walls.

It was reported that Charles had a hand in the decision for only senior royals - such as his wife Camilla and Prince William and Kate - to to appear on the balcony - leaving Andrew dismayed. Royal expert Richard Kay wrote in the Daily Mail in 2012: "For Andrew, according to one close figure, being excluded from the balcony scene was a sudden and totally unexpected demotion from front-rank to peripheral royal. It was 'like a dagger to his heart and he hasn't got over it'.

The disgraced Duke of York was seen looking tense while out on a horse ride near his Windsor home earlier today. It's the first time he's broken cover since the King allegedly ramped up the pressure in the estate row.

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