King Charles hopes to contain \u2018unstable\u2019 Andrew with Sandringham move<\/b><\/a><\/p>\nAfter the recent release of the Epstein files in the US, a spokesman for the Waleses said: \u201cI can confirm that the prince and princess have been deeply concerned by the continuing revelations. Their thoughts remain focused on the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the Duchess of Kent\u2019s funeral in September last year, William visibly blanked Andrew after the service as he attempted to engage his nephew in conversation on the steps of Westminster Cathedral.<\/p>\n
The prince\u2019s dislike for Andrew is longstanding. In 2021, sources close to him said he considered his uncle to be \u201ca risk\u201d and \u201ca threat to the family\u201d because of his uncle\u2019s \u201cungracious and ungrateful\u201d attitude towards his position.<\/p>\n
Ministers have confirmed they are discussing the succession issue with Buckingham Palace, but no decision has yet been taken regarding removing Andrew\u2019s daughters, Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie, 35. Beatrice is ninth in line, followed by her two daughters Sienna and Athena Mapelli Mozzi, aged four and one. Eugenie is twelfth in line, followed by her sons August and Ernest Brooksbank, aged five and two. The King\u2019s other siblings, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal, are fifteenth and eighteenth in line.<\/p>\n
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Andrew is unlikely to be removed from the line of succession until after the conclusion of all police investigations and government sources have acknowledged the \u201cconstitutional complexity\u201d of the matter. Constitutional experts say any legislation would need to explicitly exclude Beatrice and Eugenie, if that was the intention, pointing to the Abdication Act of 1936 in which Edward VIII declared he was renouncing the throne for himself and any future descendants. He did not go on to have children.<\/p>\n
When the King stripped Andrew of his titles last year, Buckingham Palace confirmed that as daughters of the son of a sovereign, Beatrice and Eugenie would retain their titles in line with King George V\u2019s letters patent of 1917. The Palace also advised that \u201cthe position of the Princesses is wholly unaffected\u201d.<\/p>\n
The King has been keen to show he remains fond of his nieces and believes they should not be punished for Andrew\u2019s conduct. In December, both Beatrice and Eugenie joined the royal family at Sandringham for Christmas, after the King indicated neither Andrew nor his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, were welcome. It is not thought either of the princesses have visited Andrew at Wood Farm, his temporary home on the Sandringham estate, since his arrest. Andrew is expected to move to nearby Marsh Farm in the coming months when renovations there are complete.<\/p>\n
After a turbulent period for the royal family, the King, 77, who is still receiving cancer treatment, and the Queen, 78, will have a period of \u201cdowntime\u201d this week, with no scheduled public engagements.<\/p>\n
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