Prince Andrew will “never be photographed alongside Prince William again,” one friend told The Royalist tonight, after the King finally bowed to his son’s demands over his disastrous attempts to rehabilitate his corrupt brother Prince Andrew, and agreed to ban Prince Andrew from all further public-facing family events.
The most immediate impact will be felt on Christmas Day. According to a report in The London Sunday Times, Andrew will not be invited to join the family at Sandringham for turkey.
But this is not about who gets how many roast potatoes. It is about the structure, the anatomy, the sinews of the monarchy; who holds power, who makes decisions, who defines the institution’s survival strategy.
The answer is now clear: William.
Make no mistake, this is an utter humiliation for Charles who expended significant political capital, against the advice of his son and his key aide Sir Clive Alderton, to invite Andrew to join the family at Christmas 2022 and then, incredibly, invited Sarah Ferguson, who tried to sell access to Andrew in a videotaped sting for £500,000 in 2010 (at least a million dollars today).