During the process of returning the disgraced Prince Andrew, Duke of York back, into the family fold, it has been asserted that King Charles overruled Prince William by commanding the family to fall in line.
Unnamed sources have reported that the monarch has made it abundantly plain to the senior royals that Prince Andrew would no longer be excluded from the royal family. Additionally, King Charles proposed that the Prince of Wales would be the one to transport Prince Andrew to church in Scotland on the previous Sunday.
His attendance alongside the future king and queen, despite the fact that he was aware that they would all be photographed, has been regarded as a significant boost in the York camp in terms of the Duke's rehabilitation.
A person with knowledge of the situation in Balmoral told The Mirror that there was some doubt about the manner in which Prince Andrew, who is 63 years old, would be traveling to church until he received a call on Sunday morning before he went.
"It's more than he (Andrew) could have wished for," an anonymous insider stated after the public declaration of support from Prince William and Princess Kate, with Prince Andrew traveling in the car to and from the ceremony in Balmoral, where the royals are on vacation.
After King Charles and Prince William, both petitioned the late Queen to strip Prince Andrew of his coveted military titles and charitable patronages after he was forced to pay his sex abuse accuser £12 million, royal sources have regarded the backing for the Duke of York to be a remarkable turn of events.
This comes after both King Charles and Prince William lobbied the late Queen to divest Prince Andrew of his titles and patronages, as per BBC. A denial of the accusation has been made by Prince Andrew, and the settlement was reached without any admission of wrongdoing ever being made.
Following the remarkable deal that Prince William reached with Virginia Giuffre in order to prevent a full trial in a court in the United States, he also stated that he would opt out of attending a significant royal event with his wife Princess Kate in June of last year if his uncle was permitted to take part in the procession.
A heated reaction from the Queen's heirs prevented her disgraced son from participating in the Garter Day march at Windsor Castle. They suggested that there may be a "backlash" if he was seen in public.
One person with knowledge of the situation stated that although Prince William may have attended private events with his uncle, such as the Christmas celebration at Sandringham last year, in addition to the funeral of the Queen and the coronation of the King, he had absolutely no wish to be seen with the Duke in public. Another anonymous insider stated that it seemed as though he may have had his wings clipped to some degree.
"Any perceived public rehabilitation" for Prince Andrew would be "unpalatable," according to Rachael Maskell, the Member of Parliament for York Central, who introduced a bill in parliament that seeks to strip the monarch of his title of Duke of York.
“Any public rehabilitation of the Duke of York is certainly not something the country as a whole would welcome at all. The Duke carried an ambassadorial role across the world and to be represented by someone with a questionable past, certainly for the people of the country that I represent, is not something we want,” Rachael stated.
"People have welcomed the slimming down of the monarchy, both in terms of royals and vast numbers of staff working for them. And with an increased cost of monarchy, up to record figures this year, at a time of great hardship for so many millions of people across our country, this is not something the country is looking for,” she added.
“Any rehabilitation process in terms of a public role for Prince Andrew would be unpalatable, especially when the questionable acts that he was accused of involved the possible sexual misconduct against vulnerable women. We want to make sure the rights of women are upheld and I don’t think we can have confidence that those would be a priority if Prince Andrew was welcomed back into any public role whatsoever,” Rachael concluded.
“Women and everyone who believes in standards in public life deserves better than this. A lot of what the monarchy does is about symbolism. If the monarchy rushes to rehabilitate a member who, whatever else he did or didn’t do, brought two pedophiles into its inner circles and gave them credibility, it will symbolize contempt for the victims of those paedophiles and for the victims of violence and exploitation everywhere,” Manu Reid, leader of the Women’s Equality Party, stated.
Meanwhile, it has been claimed by reliable sources that Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of the Duke of York, who is currently staying at Balmoral with the royal family, along with Prince Andrew and their children, has been the "life and soul" of family gatherings, Express UK reported. A person with knowledge of the situation at Balmoral stated that "Fergie" had been observed conversing with the King and Prince William on "several separate occasions."
Fergie has been a "broker" of her ex-husband's brief return to the family, according to the theory that has been sparked by the recent events that have taken place. Undisclosed informants also stated that the Duke would be heartened by the family's display of support after being obliged to take a leave of absence from all royal duties and skip public engagements due to his association with the deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite the fact that he will not be returning to public activities, as would be the preference of the Duke, King Charles has determined that he should be welcomed back into the fold. This decision was reached after the King and his brother had several conversations.
“The King feels he has an awful lot on his in-tray and this is one issue he wants to draw a line under,” the tipster claimed. Neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace commented.
