Scandal-prone Prince Andrew strikes once more.
A Chinese language businessman has been barred from the U.Ok. due to considerations he cultivated hyperlinks with the disgraced Duke of York in an alleged effort to affect British elites on behalf of the Chinese language Communist Get together. The person, recognized Monday as Yang Tengbo, mentioned he wasn’t concerned in espionage and had “done nothing wrong or unlawful.”
Following the scandal, it was reported that Andrew, alongside together with his household, won’t be part of the royals for Christmas at Sandringham.
PRINCE ANDREW WON’T JOIN KING CHARLES AND ROYAL FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER LATEST SCANDAL: REPORTS
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the 2022 Christmas Day service in Sandringham. The prince, alongside together with his household, will not be in attendance this 12 months. (Stephen Pond/Getty Pictures)
“It has been the year from hell for King Charles as he battles ill health,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard instructed Fox Information Digital.
She famous that Christmas was purported to be a time of reflection for the monarch, 76, nevertheless it has been “overshadowed by yet another Andrew problem.”
A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace instructed Fox Information Digital, “We do not speak for the Duke of York.” A spokesperson for Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
“Prince Andrew has brought shame on the royal family, which is exasperating for his brother the king, who is thought to view his brother as ‘at best gullible, at worst grubby,’” British royals skilled Hilary Fordwich instructed Fox Information Digital.
King Charles III, left, who’s battling an undisclosed type of most cancers, is alleged to be “deeply frustrated” by his youthful brother. (Getty Pictures)
“Prince Andrew’s unsavory associations are extremely disconcerting to the king,” Fordwich shared. “There are those who advocate that, in addition to losing all his military honorary titles, the king’s feckless brother should lose the Order of the Garter if it is proven he has been involved in activities which have resulted in breaches of British National Security.”
Andrew, 64, has been a continuing supply of tabloid fodder due to his cash woes and hyperlinks to questionable characters, together with the late American financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
It has been mentioned that King Charles urged Prince Andrew to maneuver to the smaller Frogmore Cottage, the previous U.Ok. residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, however Andrew refused. (Getty Pictures)
Earlier than she died in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II stripped Andrew of his royal duties and charity roles. Extra just lately, Charles has tried to influence his brother to chop his bills by leaving his sprawling royal property and shifting to the smaller Frogmore Cottage, which is situated contained in the safety perimeter of Windsor Fort. However Andrew stays ensconced on the 30-room Royal Lodge.
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Queen Elizabeth II, England’s longest-reigning monarch, died in 2022. She was 96. (Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool/Getty Pictures)
“I feel that the king is deeply frustrated with his brother,” royal skilled Richard Fitzwilliams instructed Fox Information Digital, noting that Andrew is “pure poison to those who want the monarchy to be taken seriously.”
“Attention has now shifted to the lunch given by Charles for his extended family which takes place at Buckingham Palace on Thursday,” mentioned Fitzwilliams. “If Andrew is pictured entering the headquarters of the monarchy, it would be outrageous and would overshadow the occasion.”
King Charles is seen right here on his technique to proceed his most cancers remedy in London together with his spouse Queen Camilla by his aspect. (Getty Pictures)
Andrew mentioned that nothing delicate was ever mentioned and that he ceased contact with the Chinese language businessman as quickly as considerations have been raised. Nonetheless, many within the U.Ok. really feel the king must take a extra aggressive strategy to cease Andrew from additional embroiling himself in scandal.
King Charles’ “beloved” daughter-in-law Kate Middleton introduced in March that she had been recognized with most cancers. In September, the Princess of Wales revealed she had accomplished her chemotherapy remedy. (Max Mumby/Getty Pictures)
“Prince Andrew’s continuous blunders are a constant embarrassment to the king,” Chard defined. “The monarchy is beginning to suffer the negative impact.”
“Prince Andrew has introduced disgrace on the royal household, which is exasperating for his brother the king, who is assumed to view his brother as ‘at best gullible, at worst grubby.'”
It’s been said that Prince Andrew was the late queen’s favorite son. (DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s too late to stop the Prince Andrew disaster, however King Charles acknowledges the necessity to transfer into disaster administration,” mentioned Chard. “Prince Andrew may not be a working royal but he is still part of the family. As such, older brother King Charles must ensure Prince Andrew is not seen with the royal family in public.”
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King Charles ascended to the throne upon the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II. (Yui Mok/PA Pictures by way of Getty Pictures)
Royal skilled Ian Pelham Turner claimed to Fox Information Digital that Andrew has been making an attempt to maintain a low profile because the Chinese language spy scandal continues to make headlines.
“In some quarters, it is said that Andrew is finished, but King Charles is renowned for not always being capable of making hard decisions about his younger brother,” mentioned Pelham Turner. “Andrew’s nephew, Prince William, could take a a lot tougher line with any extra indiscretions.”
Prince William, the Prince of Wales, is subsequent in line to the British throne. (Mikolaj Barbanell/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket by way of Getty Pictures)
After 22 years within the Royal Navy, together with fight operations as a helicopter pilot throughout the Falklands Conflict, Andrew was named Britain’s particular consultant for worldwide commerce and funding in 2001.
Prince Andrew lives within the sprawling Royal Lodge with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. The couple divorced in 1996. (Gareth Fuller/Getty Pictures)
Nonetheless, he was compelled to step down amid rising concern about his friendship with Epstein, who had been sentenced to 18 months in jail after pleading responsible to soliciting a minor for prostitution.
Andrew had additionally been criticized for assembly with the son of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the son-in-law of ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Even earlier than that, some members of Parliament had raised considerations in regards to the sale of Andrew’s former residence, Sunninghill Park, to a son-in-law of former Kazakh ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2007.
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Prince Andrew’s two daughters, Princess Eugenie, left, and Princess Beatrice, proper, will not be at Sandringham with the remainder of the royal household for Christmas. (Chris Jackson/Getty Pictures)
Regardless of Andrew’s ongoing royal hiccups, Kinsey Schofield, host of the To Di For Each day podcast, instructed Fox Information Digital that the king received’t overlook the reported promise he made to his mom.
“Queen Elizabeth spent the last few years of her life devastated over the chaos surrounding not only Prince Harry and Meghan Markle but Prince Andrew,” she claimed. “I am confident that King Charles promised his mother that he would do everything in his power to take care of his brother, no matter what the circumstances are. The king has made it a point not to humiliate Andrew throughout the Royal Lodge drama.”
A basic view of Sandringham, a rustic home that’s privately owned by the British royal household. It is usually the setting for the royal household’s Christmas festivities. (RDImages/Epics/Getty Pictures)
“There are rumors that the king secretly continues to finance certain aspects of Prince Andrew’s life,” mentioned Schofield. “Last Christmas, Charles went out of his way to show solidarity by including the Yorks in their Christmas festivities. The Chinese spy saga is not the way the monarchy wants to end, to quote Prince William, a ‘brutal’ year. They want to end things on a high note and inspire a hopeful transition into 2025.”
Prince Andrew, proper, made his royal exit in 2019 following his controversial connection to late American financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, left. (Getty Pictures)
“I think this story proves that Prince Andrew does not have the best judgment and continues to be a liability [not only] to the monarchy, but now potentially to the government,” Schofield continued.
“Under extreme circumstances, Prince Andrew’s title as the Duke of York could be removed by an act of Parliament… As far as the palace is concerned, they should maintain transparency with the public, reaffirming that the monarchy values accountability and integrity.”
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is proven on board HMS Invincible throughout the Falklands Conflict, throughout which he served as a helicopter pilot. (© Hulton-Deutsch Assortment/CORBIS/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
In 2019, Andrew introduced he was stepping away from royal duties “for the foreseeable future.” In his assertion, he known as his affiliation with Epstein “a major disruption to my family’s work.”
Virginia Roberts Giuffre holds a photograph of herself as a teen when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, amongst others. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Pictures)
In 2021, one in all Epstein’s victims alleged that the prince had intercourse along with her when she was underage. Andrew denied the allegations however finally settled the case for an undisclosed sum.
A press release indicated that Andrew would make a “substantial donation” to a victims’ rights charity. British newspapers reported quantities for the settlement ranged from $6 million to $16 million.
It is nonetheless unclear how the king will handle his latest Andrew downside. However the resolution is straightforward, mentioned Chard.
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“The whole family recognizes that Andrew needs to be hidden away,” she mentioned. “A can of worms has been opened, and I imagine the worry is further scandals could be unearthed. The public is calling for more transparency and… Simplicity is the way forward.”
“Prince Andrew needs a life coach to help him get back on track,” she shared. “It will do him the world of good and help his and his family’s reputation to be seen doing good in the world. You never know, the Prince Andrew controversies may whittle down to nothing more than a storm in a teacup.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
