{"id":355455,"date":"2025-08-19T00:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T00:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355455\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T00:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T00:25:16","slug":"eden-confidential-king-charles-keeps-distance-from-toxic-brother-andrew-at-balmoral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355455\/","title":{"rendered":"EDEN CONFIDENTIAL:\u00a0King Charles keeps distance from ‘toxic’ brother Andrew at Balmoral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Andrew \u2018honourably withdrew\u2019 from joining the Royal Family<\/a> for the annual gathering in Sandringham last Christmas<\/a> to avoid being a distraction.<\/p>\n

It came after an alleged Chinese spy, linked to the Duke of York, was named following a High Court judgment.<\/p>\n

The duke has, however, been allowed to join King Charles<\/a>, Queen Camilla<\/a> and other members of the family at Balmoral despite the string of sordid revelations about him in a devastating new book serialised by the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Historian Andrew Lownie\u2019s book, Entitled: The Rise And Fall Of The House Of York, details the duke\u2019s close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and his mysterious financial dealings with foreign billionaires, as well as making claims about his \u2018bullying\u2019 of palace staff, vulgar sense of humour and brazen sex life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Andrew arrived at Balmoral on Friday,\u2019 a source on Royal Deeside tells me. \u2018He was on his own, with none of the security he used to have. He is believed to be staying at a lodge on the estate.\u2019<\/p>\n

The source claims that the duke\u2019s ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York<\/a>, and their daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, will join him later this week.<\/p>\n

The King, left, received an official welcome to Balmoral Castle yesterday, marking the start of his summer holiday<\/a>. Wearing a tweed jacket and a tartan kilt, the King inspected a Guard of Honour formed of Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland during a ceremony outside the Castle Gates. He also greeted their mascot, Shetland pony Corporal Cruachan IV.<\/p>\n

The Queen was not with her husband but on a shopping trip with her daughter, Laura, and her grandchildren in the nearby Aberdeenshire village of Ballater.<\/p>\n

Although the King received his official welcome at the castle<\/a>, the source claims he will continue to spend much of his holiday at Birkhall, his beloved retreat on the Balmoral estate: \u2018It remains to be seen whether Andrew spends any time at all with his brother.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"King <\/p>\n

King Charles III inspects the Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, at the gates of Balmoral<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The duke has, however, been allowed to join King Charles, Queen Camilla and other members of the family at Balmoral<\/p>\n

When she set up her \u2018wellness\u2019 business Cosmoss, Kate Moss insisted that her hard-partying days were over.<\/p>\n

But the supermodel, 51, has since closed it down and appears to have embraced her wild side again on holiday in Ibiza.<\/p>\n

She looked worse for wear on a night out with actress Jaime Winstone, 40.<\/p>\n

A dishevelled-looking Kate embraced the daughter of Hollywood hardman Ray Winstone in a picture shared online.<\/p>\n

The pair were spotted aboard a yacht off the Spanish party island with Kate\u2019s daughter, Lila, and her boyfriend.<\/p>\n

\"Kate <\/p>\n

Kate Moss\u00a0looked worse for wear on a night out with actress Jaime Winstone, 40<\/p>\n

Royal school goes on market for \u00a35m<\/p>\n

It’s an immense Grade II listed house of some 68,500 sq ft, has indoor and outdoor swimming pools, squash and tennis courts, not to mention multiple royal and aristocratic connections.<\/p>\n

And now it is up for sale, along with 39 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland for \u00a35million \u2013 the sort of sum which might just about buy a modest house in Chelsea, west London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But there is a drawback or two \u2013 namely, the less than beautiful teaching blocks which sprouted in the grounds at what was, until just a few weeks ago, Queen Margaret\u2019s School for Girls in York.<\/p>\n

Alma mater of the Duchess of Kent, novelist Winifred Holtby and businesswoman Amanda Staveley, it went into administration last month, the latest casualty of Labour\u2019s decision to load VAT on school fees which, at Queen Margaret\u2019s, rose to \u00a349,000 before VAT.<\/p>\n

Pre-birthday bash for Amelia<\/p>\n

Princess Anne\u2019s 75th wasn\u2019t the only royal birthday celebrated at the weekend. Amelia Windsor, who turns 30 soon, marked the occasion at a fashionable bar in London\u2019s East End.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Duke and Duchess of Kent\u2019s granddaughter partied at Bonkers Bar, which is influenced by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and promises \u2018a world of pure intoxication\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lady Amelia could be seen blowing out the candles on her cake in this picture she posted online. She wrote: \u2018Before birthday boogie.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Amelia <\/p>\n

Amelia Windsor, who turns 30 soon, marked the occasion at a fashionable bar in London\u2019s East End<\/p>\n

Discussing how she remains in fine fettle in her tenth decade, actress Dame Sheila Hancock proudly reveals: \u2018I\u2019m 92, I do the gym. I walk a long way, I do exercises.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

When it comes to romance, however, the widow of Inspector Morse star John Thaw cheekily clarifies: \u2018I don\u2019t want any more… I only want 18-year-old boys, and they\u2019re not going to be interested.\u2019<\/p>\n

Not sure a man of her age would get away with that remark!<\/p>\n

\"Dame <\/p>\n

Dame Sheila Hancock, 92, said she still goes to the gym and exercises regularly<\/p>\n

Having worked for her father Sir Rocco\u2019s hotel empire<\/a>, Irene Forte is accustomed to nice interiors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the skincare entrepreneur, 36, admits that in her Grade II-listed house in Kensington her daughter Alisea, two, and son Alexis, one, are banned from what many consider the family room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She says the sitting room \u2013 adorned with a pistachio velvet sofa \u2013 \u2018is where the kids are not allowed… with two young kids and a big dog, things get ruined quite quickly\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He’s made numerous television appearances, including Millionaire Age Gap, for which, aged 73, he was paired with a 38-year-old firecracker called Ivana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But those fearing Sir Benjamin Slade had graced our screens for the final time at Maunsel House \u2013 which, as I disclosed last week, is to be leased to a hotel group \u2013 can relax.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve done another programme,\u2019 baronet Sir Benjy, 79, tells me. \u2018Called Handcuffed. Channel 4. I had to be handcuffed to a prison warden from London.\u2019 Time, surely, to squeeze in a repeat with Ivana?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew \u2018honourably withdrew\u2019 from joining the Royal Family for the annual gathering in Sandringham last Christmas to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,92,368,1760,257,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-355455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-femail","13":"tag-king-charles","14":"tag-london","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115052591660293690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}