Three senior courtiers who advised Her Majesty to cut out Andrew found themselves cut out instead, a new report claims.
The allegations will reinforce the notion that Elizabeth, who was known to have a soft spot for what was often said to be her favorite son, sought to minimise and make allowances for Andrew’s behavior.
This characterization of events has always, however, been questioned by insiders who feared that the queen’s personal affection for her second son clouded her judgement. These voices say that it was in factwho were the ruthless ones, with Charles leading the charge to expel his brother from the working family and William laying down “him or me” ultimatums around Andrew’s involvement in events such as, say, the annual Garter Parade.
The sight of Andrew leading her down the aisle by the hand was said to have stunned William in particular. Now a new report has claimed that when allegations connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were first made against Andrew in 2015, the queen sough to brush them aside.Ephraim Hardcastle column Wednesday claimed that “three senior members of the Royal Household” were blackballed after advising the queen to suspend Andrew from royal duties pending an investigation into the allegations.
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