{"id":726063,"date":"2026-01-28T09:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726063\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:36:11","slug":"kate-middleton-proves-she-is-no-pushover-as-andrew-tries-to-pull-strings-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/726063\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton proves she is no pushover as Andrew tries to pull strings behind-the-scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1390107_014547_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Kate Middleton proves she is no pushover as Andrew tries to pull strings behind-the-scenes\"\/>Kate Middleton proves she is no pushover as Andrew tries to pull strings behind-the-scenes<\/p>\n<p>Kate Middleton is reportedly growing increasingly frustrated with former Prince Andrew as she believes he is still trying to influence royal matters behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>After being stripped of his titles, the former Duke of York is said to be involved in royal decision making by using his daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice. <\/p>\n<p>A source told Closer Magazine that the Princess of Wales believes \u201cdisgraced\u201d Andrew is \u201cpulling strings behind the scenes\u201d after humiliating the royal family with his back-to-back controversies. <\/p>\n<p>However, an insider said that Kate is showing Andrew that she is the &#8220;true Queen in the making&#8221; and would not tolerate if Andrew crosses any boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>The insider told the publication that Kate is worried for her family as Andrew keeps dragging the royal family\u2019s name through the mud. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was meant to be a clean step back from royal life now feels like a carefully managed return through the side door,\u201d the source said, hinting at Andrew\u2019s title removal and his eviction from Royal Lodge due to his past ties with Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite being stripped of his titles, Andrew has never accepted his exile \u2013 and is now using his daughters as a way to remain relevant,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrew talks like he\u2019s untouchable, and has said more than once, \u2018I\u2019m the child of a monarch,\u2019\u201d the insider noted.<\/p>\n<p>As for Kate, the source said she is \u201cdeeply protective of William and their children, and hates that this drama is still hovering around the family when they\u2019re trying to build their future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliam is patient, but this has tested him \u2013 there was an expectation that Andrew would retreat quietly, and that hasn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be fooled &#8211; Kate is a powerhouse. She\u2019s kind and caring, but can also be ruthless. She is a true Queen in the making.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton proves she is no pushover as Andrew tries to pull strings behind-the-scenes Kate Middleton is reportedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-726063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115972052302759479","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726063","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=726063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}