Posted on 11/08/2025 2:29:44 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Even as the Epstein scandal engulfed the royals, the Queen “never changed her stance on Andrew.”
“The late Queen, of course, adored her second son and continued to support him after his disgrace,” Jobson wrote, adding, “In her final days she kept him close, shielding him as Palace insiders continued to push for his total exile.” “She confided her support to a trusted confidant,” Jobson wrote.
“‘You have to remember, he is my son.’”
But while the Queen’s loyalty was unwavering, her eldest son had to take the difficult route. Following Mountbatten Windsor’s disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview, it was Charles, not his mother, who pressed for decisive action. According to Jobson, the then-Prince of Wales was the one who insisted his brother “step down from royal life and be cut adrift.”
The Queen, ever the soft touch when Mountbatten Windsor was concerned, tried to cushion the fall. As the lawsuit brought by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre loomed, she reportedly planned a “private one-to-one meeting” with the former Prince to break the news that his military titles and patronages were being taken away. But senior courtiers intervened, insisting they be present to witness the conversation. Jobson says Mountbatten Windsor was 'blindsided' by the 'painful' exchange.
And for that, Charles had to pay the price.
Writing for The Sunday Times, Roya Nikkhah claimed a family source said, “It seems to me that Queen Elizabeth has quite a lot to answer for. It’s as if she left an unexploded bomb for Charles. The thing about the Queen was that everyone always said she was so dutiful, and she was — but this was a terrible dereliction of duty. She indulged Andrew all the time and always avoided confrontation.”
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kind = king
The Brits have even messed up my proofreading...
Yup.
But I guess it’s a big deal. Not to me, but to the chosen few with the royal jelly.
Good one!
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