Then-Prince Charles and Prince Andrew had a gathering simply days earlier than the Queen’s demise, sources have mentioned.
In line with the Day by day Mail, Charles summoned Andrew for a “dressing down” after being made conscious of the impact his alleged actions had been having on the late monarch.
Charles had reportedly been instructed by the Queen’s senior workers that Andrew’s “persistent lobbying” to make him a “working royal” once more following the intercourse assault allegations towards him was “taking its toll,” an insider instructed the paper’s Ephraim Hardcastle column.
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The assembly was mentioned to have taken place at his Birkhall property in Scotland, the place Charles reportedly instructed Andrew he would by no means return to royal duties, in addition to warning him he’d discover it onerous to get a charity that will make him patron.
“Andrew was completely blindsided,” an insider mentioned of the assembly, the Mail claimed. “He’s completely bereft. He at all times believed there was a manner again.”
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Andrew has additionally been left devastated by his mom, the Queen’s demise, as she was his “chief supporter,” the paper claimed.
The supply mentioned, “Andrew was extraordinarily near the Queen and tried to boost the problem of his return to public life many instances along with her. On some events she would say mildly conciliatory issues however more often than not she would change the topic instantly to keep away from speaking about it.”
The insider continued, “Naive as it could sound, he at all times had hopes of regaining his place as a senior royal.
“On the assembly, Charles instructed him that he can go off and have life, a pleasant life, however that his public life as a royal is at an finish. He was instructed, ‘It’s a must to settle for this.’”
Andrew was stripped of his honorary navy roles and patronages again in January following the sexual assault accusations towards him.