Prince Andrew was among the many members of the Royal Household who paid their respects to the Duchess of Kent at her funeral this week, however Prince Williams response was very telling.
Prince Andrew and his former spouse Sarah Ferguson turned heads once they made a shock look on the Duchess of Kent’s funeral this week.
The disgraced Duke accompanied senior royals as they paid their respects to Katharine, who handed away earlier this month aged 92.
After the transferring ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Andrew was noticed showing to chuckle and grin while fellow members of the monarchy regarded solemn, as detailed within the Mirror.
The behaviour is reported to have notably bothered William, Prince of Wales, who has allegedly been eager to keep away from being snapped alongside his uncle not too long ago.
Royal biographer Andrew Lownie revealed: “William, in the meantime, was ‘livid’ at being ambushed on this means, in response to mates.
“He has been at pains to distance himself from his uncle and never be photographed with him. He believes his father has not handled him with adequate firmness and that Andrew – and Sarah Ferguson – have executed a lot to undermine the great work of different members of the Royal Household.”
William has maintained a strained relationship together with his father’s brother for years. The stress is believed to have escalated following ‘offensive’ remarks Andrew supposedly made about Princess Kate, as detailed in a bombshell biography.
The e-book, The Rise and Fall of the Yorks, makes a sequence of allegations concerning the Duke and Duchess of York’s “hedonistic life, controversial friendships and secretive money-making endeavours”, whereas additionally making claims about tensions throughout the Royal Household.
A supply who spoke to the biography’s creator Andrew Lownie claimed that there was friction between William and Andrew for years, which first began when the disgraced Duke’s actions began to tarnish the general public’s view of the monarchy.
The supply alleged that Andrew had been “impolite” about Kate, however didn’t specify what feedback had been made concerning the Princess of Wales.
The e-book additionally means that William has been attempting for years to have Prince Andrew, alongside together with his ex-wife Sarah, evicted from the Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion the couple at the moment occupy on the grounds of Windsor Fortress.
In response to the unnamed supply, William believes that Andrew shouldn’t be sustaining the property because it has fallen right into a state of disrepair over the past 12 months.
The supply is quoted within the explosive e-book, saying: “He [William] additionally loathes Sarah, Andrew’s ex-wife, and might’t anticipate the day when his father throws them each out. If Charles would not, I assure you the first factor William does when he ultimately turns into king is to get them evicted.”
Experiences additionally recommend that the Prince of Wales performed a key position in Prince Andrew’s exile from royal life, following his disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview which laid naked his relationship with the late billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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