Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was described as a ‘tiresome little s**t’ as a child while Princess Diana was critical of him being ‘very, very noisy’

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1. Find Stephen Barry’s books. These were written during the period Andrew was considered a dashing war hero. Barry reveals:

   – Andrew abused the nursery corgis and Prince Edward as a child (Barry was nursery footman at this time)

   – He also was abusive toward staff as a child. One footman finally punched him in the face. Prince Philip kept the footman from being fired, saying it was time someone taught Andrew a lesson. Why didn’t PP teach Andrew a lesson? Barry basically says very delicately that Elizabeth didn’t allow it.

   – As an adult, Andrew continued to be awful. He decided to take over the nursery at BP, and make it his own apartment, destroying a lot of stuff within the nursery, because Elizabeth wouldn’t give him his own apartment yet (this was before Charles married Diana)

   – He continued to abuse staff. He punched Barry in front of Charles, and Charles did intervene and told Andrew to leave Barry alone.

   – He also was very demanding. He would stay at BP when the rest of the family was gone. He would also order breakfast for his bedmates before he nailed down who they were going to be. There were some…dark overtones there.

   – Speaking of dark undertones, Barry also said no woman in royal circles wanted anything to do with Andrew, who was known to molest his dinner partners at parties.

   Btw, Barry’s liking of Charles, Anne, Philip, and Elizabeth comes through clearly so he wasn’t writing hit pieces per se. He only savaged Andrew, Margaret, and the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

2. Must have been so shocking for the royal family when Meghan joined and sent 5AM emails….

   She should have just punched the staff in the face and then she’d be the favourite.

3. I’m sure there’s stories about all of them. The way they were brought up has undoubtedly impacted them. I mean Charles lost his mind over a leaking pen.

4. Andrew is awful but no child should be described as a tiresome little shit or punched in the face. If Andrew was abusing animals and people that should of course be addressed in a very serious manner (and prevented from happening again) but the most important question is WHY.

   Children who lash out in that way are pretty much always dealing with some form of abuse or neglect. Then they grow up and depending on their specific cocktail of genetics, experience and circumstances, they either stand against abusive behaviour, internalize it by fawning abusers, or externalize it like Andrew’s done.

   I’m not saying we should pity adult Andrew. He is a monster. But we should not be normalizing treating children like this no matter who they are. You cannot expect them to have an adult levels of maturity.

   Before anyone goes on about how wealthy his upbringing was, that actually has less to do with his emotional development than one might think. Some of his narcissism certainly comes from having whatever material thing he wants and being groomed to feel self-important as a royal, but it was the parents job to keep him grounded and put limits in place. Not having done so, again, is a form of neglect.

5. Diana also described Andrew as underrated and “the best one of the entire lot” in the Andrew Morton book “Diana: Her True Story”.

6. Untreated ADHD combined with being entitled, insecure and not terribly bright.

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