When William becomes king, he will ban Andrew from all elements of royal life including his coronation and most state occasions, the Sunday Times reported. William will also ban Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson from royal events, but their daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will still be welcome at family and official gatherings.
William’s approach contrasts with that of King Charles, who allowed Andrew to attend his 2023 coronation wearing his Order of the Garter robes. However, Charles has already ruled that Andrew will no longer attend Christmas Day service with the royal family, and Friday’s statement was viewed as a final banishment after years of scandal.
Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs, due out on Tuesday, have intensified focus on the sexual assault allegations and Andrew’s links to Epstein. Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, wrote that Andrew insisted she sign a one-year gag order after their settlement to prevent tarnishing the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
She described getting “more out of” Andrew than a reported 12-million-dollar payout because she had “an acknowledgement that I and many other women had been victimised and a tacit pledge to never deny it again”. Andrew paid millions to settle the civil case in 2022 despite claiming never to have met Giuffre and vehemently denying her allegations that she was forced to have sex with him on three occasions when she was 17.
Sources used: “Sunday Times”, “Mail on Sunday”, “Telegraph”, “PA Media” Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.