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Buckingham Palace aides are advising the Queen's guests not to mention Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their audience with Her Majesty, it is claimed. With the Duke and Duchess of Sussex grabbing headlines around the globe each day, many household guests are keen to discuss the young Royals with the monarch. But flunkies have allegedly begun to clamp down on this popular line of questioning and are informally steering visitors on to more 'polite' conversation topics, it is claimed.

Prince Andrew flew into such a furious rage at a senior Palace aide that Prince Charles had to ask him to apologise, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. A source close to the Duke of York – who is under intense scrutiny over his links to paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein – last night confirmed the outburst, admitting that Andrew had ‘got very cross’. However, the friend rejected a suggestion from a well-placed royal insider that the Duke had physically assaulted the highly-respected aide, adding: ‘There were heated words on both sides but the altercation was in no way physical.

Prince William and Prince Harry are expected to divide their shared household in the next few weeks to help ease tensions between them and their wives. Courtiers have also suggested that the ending of their ‘double act’ and the creation of separate courts reflects their changing responsibilities. It is understood the key split will be in their communications team. In recent months, the Palace has struggled to contain a tide of negative Meghan headlines, with aides understood to be frustrated that their advice would occasionally fall on deaf ears.