Buckingham Palace released a statement from Prince Andrew announcing that Andrew would be relinquishing his royal titles. Before the dramatic decision, King Charles issued a warning.
Prince Andrew’s statement said he had discussed the matter with King Charles and the rest of the royal family. PDO
Buckingham Palace released a statement from Prince Andrew on Friday evening announcing that Andrew will be relinquishing all his titles and titles.
– The constant accusations about me interfere with the work of her majesty and the royal family. I have decided, as always, to put my duty to my family and my country first. I no longer use the titles and titles that have been awarded to me, the statement read.
Thus, Prince Andrew renounces the title of Duke of York, for example. He said he had discussed the decision with King Charles and the rest of the royal family.
In his statement, the scandalous prince, who was caught in the middle of scandals, denied all the accusations made against him, as before.
– Prince Andrew wears this as if this was his decision, even though in reality it was made by the palace, comments a writer and journalist specializing in the royal family Robert Hardman for the BBC.
According to Hardman, in reality the decision has been made by the royal palace and Andrew has agreed. With his statement, Andrew wants to seem like an active party and thus tries to earn his dignity back.
Before the historic abdication decision, an insider said that King Charles issued a stern warning to Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. He told about it, among other things Hello Magazine!.
The Daily Mail according to Charles hoped that Andrew and Ferguson would remain out of sight at future royal events. For example, the former couple is not welcome to participate in the royal Christmas party this year.
Ex-couple Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have not appeared in the headlines in a flattering light recently. PDO
The background is the email conversations between Prince Andrew, Ferguson and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2011.
In October, The Sun published Prince Andrew’s e-mail message to Epstein, which, if true, would prove Andrew’s previous communications to be false. Previously, Andrew claimed to have completely cut ties with Epstein in December 2010. An e-mail message sent on February 28, 2011, proves otherwise.
– I’m just as worried about you! Don’t worry about me! Looks like we’re in this together. We need to rise above the situation, Andrew allegedly wrote to the sex offender.
Ferguson, on the other hand, called Epstein his “best friend” in an e-mail message. The purpose of the message was to appease Epstein, who had previously threatened to sue Ferguson.
Charles had also instructed the ex-couple last year to skip celebrating Christmas. The reason was Andrew’s rapprochement with a Chinese spy Yang Tengbon with. Andrew and Ferguson spent Christmas last year at the Royal Lodge.
According to the BBC, Prince Andrew will not spend Christmas with the rest of the royal family this year either.