• Prince William wants King Charles to banish Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson from the royal family.
  • Multiple charities have cut ties with Fergie amid a resurfaced letter from her to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Prince William wants the couple to be evicted from the Royal Lodge.

Prince William is putting pressure on his dad, King Charles, to banish Prince Andrew and Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson from the royal family over their ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And pressure has only increased amid a resurfaced letter from Fergie to Epstein, which has prompted several charities to cut ties with her.

While King Charles doesn’t want to completely cut Fergie and Andrew off due to their “loyalty,” Prince William had to stand next to his uncle at a family funeral and made it extremely clear in photos that he was upset about the seating arrangements.

the funeral of the duchess of kent

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“His face as he stood next to Andrew at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral said it all,” a source tells the Daily Mail. “William feels even more strongly than the King that Andrew and Fergie are an embarrassment and will be urging his father to act. The optics of that pair of chancers guffawing away [at events] look terrible.”

On top of wanting Andrew and Fergie banned from royal events, William wants to finally evict his disgraced uncle from the Royal Lodge. But per a source, “The King doesn’t want to cut ties with his brother, former sister-in-law and that side of the family. The late Queen, conscious that Fergie was the mother of her granddaughters, always took that view, even if Prince Philip couldn’t bear to be in the same room as Sarah.”

Another source notes that “The Duchess of York can be extraordinarily charming. So I’m sure she will be backpedalling furiously. But this latest scandal threatens her ability to earn money as well as her charity patronages. Who can say what effect that will have on the Yorks’ ability to afford the costs of staying at Royal Lodge, where they live at opposite ends of the (30-room) house?”

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