A royal expert claimed that Prince William harbors a serious “grace” against his uncle Prince Andrew and would prefer for the disgraced Duke of York to completely disappear from the public eye.
It looks like things might go from bad to worse for Prince Andrew when the time comes for Prince William to take the throne. A royal expert has claimed that the Prince of Wales has a very “strained” relationship with his uncle, the disgraced Duke of York, and even holds a real “grudge” against Andrew.
The expert added that Prince William will likely “banish” Andrew from even the most intimate occasions when he eventually wears the crown.
After a car crash interview with Newsnight regarding his long-term friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew, who was known for being very close to his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, stepped down from his official royal duties and was stripped of his “HRH” styling in 2019.
More recently, Andrew has generated more negative headlines for the Royal Family due to his connection with an alleged Chinese spy, a revelation that saw him “banned” from attending the House of Windsor’s Christmas celebrations at Sandringham.
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However, King Charles has still allowed his younger brother to attend a number of family events, including the Royal Family’s recent Easter festivities, which sources have said is a point of contention between Charles and the heir to the throne.
Hilary Fordwich, the royal expert, told Fox News that Andrew shouldn’t anticipate being invited to such events while William was in charge.
The expert added that Prince William harbors “a grudge against his disgraced uncle” and that his relationship with Andrew is “long-standing and distant.” Given that Prince William is vehemently against any public rehabilitation and has no foreseeable way to turn things around, Andrew’s future within the Royal Family is beyond bleak. He wants Andrew to be erased from the public.
Russell Myers, the Royal Editor of The Mirror, recently expressed the same sentiments on True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat, asking, “Is it convenient truth that Andrew was going? ” Williams is at a loss for time.
“And in fact, William was overruled by the King,” the King said, “William was absolutely instrumental in extinguishing him at the time when he was forced to resign from his duties.” However, William disputed that the King had overruled him when the King decided after the death that he should be brought back into the family fold.
We are engaged in a sort of fascinating power struggle, and I’m sure you know that, if William is elected, Andrew will be unrecognizable around the family for the rest of his days.
Whilst Andrew attended the Easter celebrations, William and Kate spent the holiday elsewhere with their three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven.
A royal source told The Mirror, “William has no time for his uncle. This Easter was about spending time with his own family, but he would far prefer a situation where he doesn’t have to spend time with him.”
King Charles may agree to have his brother in some family gatherings, but Andrew is reported to be at odds with him over the Duke of York’s refusal to evict from his 30-room mansion, Royal Lodge, after being given a smaller residence on the royal Windsor estate.
Andrew insists he has a 75-year “cast iron lease” with the Crown Estate, not the King himself, that he signed in 2002, which has somewhat stalemed the two brothers.
He’s said to have told friends he “is going nowhere” and even begun managing the undertaking of much-needed renovations of the property himself in an attempt to save money, with a source explaining: “The Duke has been walking around the estate a lot recently, speaking to staff and asking for tips on managing the grounds.
The entire area needs a lot of care because it has fallen apart. He has been enquiring about various shrub and tree species, as well as whether certain trees could be moved or relocated. Given everything he’s going on, he definitely has a spring in his step and is significantly cheerier lately.
Source: Mirror
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