Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have already traveled up to Scotland for their summer holiday. They rarely stay at the big Balmoral house – they stay in Birkhall for the most part, I think. From what I’ve seen of the British reporting, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have not traveled to Scotland yet. They rarely spend much more than a week in Scotland during the summer months, and some years, they’ve gotten away with only visiting for two or three days. Meaning, William is not at Balmoral with his father and his uncle Andrew. William is once again not really being included in the larger “crisis meetings” going down about “what to do about Andrew” and specifically, what to do about Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit. William is in the wind, perhaps waist-high in some rose bushes for all we know.
My point? William is pretty desperate to be included in the conversation about the Andrew situation, but I don’t think he is actually being included in much of anything. William tried to insert himself by pushing a story about how he wants to live at Royal Lodge. William also tried to latch onto the reporting about how no one likes Andrew’s lawyers. And we’re finally at this: William is very concerned about how the Andrew situation is affecting the Queen!
Prince Charles and Prince William are understood to be ‘increasingly concerned’ about the impact the lurid sex abuse allegations surrounding Prince Andrew will have on the Queen. The Duke of York has privately told his family the latest development in the scandal involving a woman who has accused him of “rape in the first degree” in the United States, “could take years to resolve”.
The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge, along with other senior royals, have become “exasperated” with the long running saga, royal sources have revealed. The future Kings are set to implore Andrew, 61, to “take immediate action” to address the worrying issues threatening to engulf the monarchy.
Charles, 71 and William, 39, are understood to be worried about the nature of the developing scandal as it threatens to engulf the monarchy at a time when the Queen has endured the burden of having to live the majority of the last 17 months in isolation, as well as mourn the passing of her beloved husband of 73 years Philip in April.
A royal source said: “First and foremost, Charles and William are united; there will never be a return to public life for Andrew. This has only been compounded with the lawsuit lodged this week. But they, along with members, are undoubtedly increasingly concerned about the affect all of this turmoil could have on the Queen. She has been through a great deal over many, many recent months and this is once again a most unwelcome distraction.”
“The family also have serious and growing doubts about the way such serious allegations have been dealt with by Andrew and his legal team, who seem to be at complete odds with one another on how to respond. Andrew has told them the latest developments could take years to resolve which has done nothing to settle the feeling of alarm.”
[From The Daily Mirror]
It feels like the bare minimum to say “we’re taking a stand on this, no return to public life for Andrew!” But honestly, they *do* need to say that, because if they left the Queen to her own devices, Andrew would have been back to public life a year and a half ago. The reason there’s a growing hysteria in the reporting around “the Andrew situation,” with various palaces leaking different stories is because all of these people are incredibly incompetent. People are genuinely trying to talk some sense into the tone-deaf Queen. I’m just not sure William is all that involved.
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