Visitors to Balmoral Castle will no longer find postcards bearing the face of Prince Andrew. Reports revealed that this particular item has been pulled out of the shelf of the gift shop around Queen Elizabeth's estate.
According to Daily Mirror, workers at the Balmoral gift shop confirmed that there are no more Prince Andrew postcards for sale. One visitor said that they saw postcards of Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Edward but none of their brother, Prince Andrew.
The visitors were further informed that the gift shop will no longer make the postcards with Prince Andrew's photo. Some tourists would still like to buy the token despite the Duke of York's controversial connection to the disgraced billionaire and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The news comes amid talks that Prince Andrew's image will be airbrushed at one important royal event in 2021. Prince Philip is celebrating his 100th birthday in June and the Palace has begun with the preparations.
Sources said that royal aides were told to include Prince Andrew "as little as possible" in the photos for his father's birthday. The Duke of York will also be excluded in events linked to the centenary celebration.
In November 2019, Prince Andrew filed his resignation as a working royal and effectively gave up his public duties in light of the Epstein scandal. He was forced to step down because of the backlash of his tell-all interview with BBC to supposedly clarify his friendship with Epstein.
However, viewers were further enraged by his revelations and he made no apologies to Epstein's female victims. The Queen's second son has not been seen at public events since his resignation and was not also shown in the photos of the wedding of his daughter, Princess Beatrice, in July.
Daily Mail columnist Richard Eden, however, wrote that Prince Andrew could be preparing to return to public life. One of his other billionaire friends, Johan Eliasch, is apparently interested in relaunching and investing in the Duke of York's initiative, Pitch@Palace.
Eden wrote that the initiative might be back in operation by spring. Pitch@Palace is a lifeline for tech start-ups to receive grants from wealthy investors. Despite the York royal's scandal, he was apparently able to help many budding entrepreneurs with this initiative for many years.
Pitch@Palace shut down and closed its offices in Buckingham Palace after Prince Andrew resigned. The company's director Amanda Thirsk also quit her job in January 2020.
