Andrew ‘punched by footman’ over ‘atrocious behaviour’ – and late Queen approved | Royal | News
Andrew with the late Queen Elizabeth (Image: Getty Images)
Another setback follows the unexpected arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor on his 66th birthday this week. According to Whitehall sources, once the police investigation into the King’s brother is concluded, talks will begin regarding his place in the succession.
Andrew’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have faced intense scrutiny for months, and three million documents recently released by the US Department of Justice appeared to shed new light on their relationship. Numerous emails sent from an account apparently belonging to Andrew to the disgraced financier suggested he may have disclosed confidential information from his tenure as UK Trade Envoy to Epstein.
Andrew has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged by the police.
One such email was sent to the account on Christmas Eve 2010, forwarding Epstein material regarding secret investment prospects in the reconstruction of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Andrew was detained on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and searches were carried out at a property in Norfolk and his previous residence, Royal Lodge in Berkshire.
He has been released pending further investigation and once this is concluded the Government will commence proceedings to formally remove him from probate. This would require an act of Parliament and the unanimous consent of all 14 territories where King Charles served as head of state. reports The Mirror.
Royal commentator says the late Queen did not know “half” of Andrew’s connection to Epstein while she was alive Elizabeth and Andrew (Image: GettyImages)
The Times has published a new report examining Andrew’s “too long fall from grace”; This has seen public opinion come to a head in recent months when the monarch was unceremoniously stripped of his younger brother’s royal titles and dignitaries. The work offers new information about the King’s brother’s early years and his relationship with the late Queen.
Frequently described as the late Queen’s “favourite son”, one of the claims in the report involves the former monarch’s surprising reaction. The publication claims that “his behavior as a young man was so brutal that he punched a henchman in the face.”
Despite her widely documented closeness to Andrew, “Queen Elizabeth rejected his son’s subsequent offer to resign on the grounds that he clearly deserved it.”
The report also suggests that Andrew managed to irritate his mother despite her tendency to “spoil” him. “He spent his childhood annoying almost everyone. Even he was annoyed that he couldn’t watch the race because of his habit of climbing on the roof of Buckingham Palace and tampering with the television antenna,” the publication claims.
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The claim that a servant once hit Andrew, giving him a black eye, first appeared in royal expert Ingrid Seward’s book ‘My Husband and I’. The expert documented this in a “case” [Andrew’s] The teasing made a young servant so angry that he slapped Andrew, knocking him to the ground and leaving him with a black eye,” leaving the royal staff “scared for their jobs.”
Seward said the butler approached the Queen directly and offered his resignation, but that “his son clearly deserved it and the butler would not be punished in any way for Andrew’s bad behaviour”.
Yet insiders question whether Andrew is truly the late Queen’s “favourite”. Ailsa Anderson, who served as the late Queen’s Press Secretary from 2001 to 2013, told the BBC: “The media say he was the favorite son, but in the 12 years I worked for the late Queen I never saw him favor any of his children, so I can’t say that’s true.”
Following Andrew’s arrest from his temporary residence at Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate in the early hours of Thursday, he was transported to Aylsham police station – but the majority of staff at the Aylsham Police Inquiry were instructed not to attend that morning, while officers were only dealing with the former duke, a new report has revealed. It was reported that “days before” his arrest, staff were informed that an “important person” would be arriving.
It has even been suggested that shutting down BT was part of a police operation to ensure news did not leak in advance.
