{"id":523246,"date":"2025-10-23T22:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/523246\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:41:14","slug":"prince-william-kate-middletons-reaction-to-prince-andrews-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/523246\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William &#038; Kate Middleton\u2019s Reaction to Prince Andrew&#8217;s Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pmc-ecomm-disclaimer\">\n\tIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/prince-andrew\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prince-andrew\" data-tag=\"prince-andrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Andrew<\/a> is swimming in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234937692\/prince-andrew-maintaining-royal-life\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sea of controversy<\/a> after Virginia Giuffre\u2019s posthumous memoir, <a data-pmc-sp-product=\"8f9cfbbf762e260a01ce6cc8b2e5f803\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/pmc_0aaa4_sheknows?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0593493125%3Ftag%3Dskaffiliate-20%26linkCode%3Dogi%26th%3D1%26psc%3D1%26language%3Den_US%26asc_source%3Dweb%26asc_campaign%3Dweb%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheknows.com%252Fentertainment%252Farticles%252F1234937758%252Fprince-william-kate-middleton-reaction-andrew-scandal%252F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheknows.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticles%2F1234937758%2Fprince-william-kate-middleton-reaction-andrew-scandal%2F&amp;ref=pmcTrackonomicsReferrer&amp;event_type=click\" custom-ga-data=\"{&quot;1pd&quot;:true,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;article-page&quot;,&quot;details&quot;:&quot;Nobody\u2019s Girl&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;buy-now&quot;,&quot;event_type_label&quot;:&quot;Affiliate&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:true,&quot;product&quot;:{&quot;dimension1&quot;:&quot;%=href=%&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Nobody&#039;s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice&quot;,&quot;price&quot;:&quot;31.36&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;0593493125&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Suicide&quot;},&quot;id&quot;:1234937758,&quot;location&quot;:true}\" custom-ga-track=\"click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nobody\u2019s Girl<\/a>, was released on October. 21. Now, royal sources are chiming in about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/prince-william\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prince-william\" data-tag=\"prince-william\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/kate-middleton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kate-middleton\" data-tag=\"kate-middleton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a>\u2018s reaction to the drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe royal couple apparently \u201ccan\u2019t abide\u201d Prince Andrew and would be happy if he would \u201cdisappear,\u201d according to Tina Brown\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/tinabrown\/p\/how-virginia-giuffre-finally-vanquished?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresh Hell<\/a> Substack. Their new home at Forest Lodge is a little too close for comfort for them, as Andrew\u2019s Royal Lodge is about four miles away. That might seem like a great distance, but the Prince of Wales is ready to \u201cbanish\u201d his uncle forever.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234935592\/prince-william-kate-middleton-royal-schedule-under-fire\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex@tablet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761259273_965_kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Middleton, Prince William\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPrince William &amp; Kate Middleton Slammed as &#8216;Lazy&#8217; Royals Pretending To Be Hard at Work\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cUnless Andrew can be persuaded to banish himself to a cottage on the Balmoral estate or a cushy villa on a Dubai golf course, his scowly, jowly visage will keep seeping back into the national consciousness,\u201d wrote Brown. For William and Kate, it becomes a situation of how to make the problem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234936728\/sarah-ferguson-financial-ties-jeffrey-epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go away forever<\/a>, especially when King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth treat him with kid gloves.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761259274_733_prince-william-kate-middleton-prince-andrew.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Andrew\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"768\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPrince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Andrew<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Jackson\/Getty Images, Steve Parsons \u2013 WPA Pool\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cHow do you disappear a 6-foot-tall, 190-pound, 65-year-old man in robust good health who has an iron-clad contract to live in the Queen Mother\u2019s former mansion, a short neigh from Windsor Castle and just four miles from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234913060\/prince-william-kate-middleton-home-forest-lodge-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new \u2018forever\u2019 home<\/a> of Prince William and Kate, who can\u2019t abide him?\u201d added Brown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Prince of Wales became frustrated that his father was always gentle in his punishment of Andrew \u2014 it was never severe enough. That\u2019s why it was reportedly William who orchestrated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234935911\/prince-william-punished-prince-andrew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the latest reprimands<\/a>, according to Rob Shuter\u2019s Oct. 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-prince-william-forces-prince\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Naughty But Nice<\/a> Substack. \u201cWilliam made it clear this couldn\u2019t drag on any longer,\u201d a palace insider claimed. \u201cHe told his father that if Andrew didn\u2019t go quietly, the family\u2019s image would never recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWilliam had reached his limit with the former Duke of York in September when his uncle managed to score a prime seat near him at the funeral of the late Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/williams-disdain-for-epstein-pal-andrew-on-full-display\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Beast<\/a>. The event left him \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234926270\/prince-william-reaction-prince-andrew-funeral-presence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boiling with anger,<\/a>\u201d not only toward Andrew, but also his father, who had let the Jeffrey Epstein controversy continue to fester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWilliam always said, \u2018Just cut Andrew off completely. It\u2019s not appropriate to have an alleged sex offender breaking bread with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/royal-family\/\" id=\"auto-tag_royal-family\" data-tag=\"royal-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">royal family<\/a>.\u2019 Charles was so desperate to be seen as embodying the spirit of Christian forgiveness that he let Andrew back in,\u201d a source told the media outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Prince and Princess of Wales only have so much power right now with King Charles on the throne, but Andrew\u2019s days in the royal family might be short if William has his way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong><strong>More on Prince William\u2019s power moves:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2205,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-523246","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-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-andrew","13":"tag-prince-of-wales","14":"tag-prince-william","15":"tag-princess-of-wales","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-uk-royal-family","19":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115425895464032342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523246","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=523246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}