On October 30, the landmark decision came down that Prince Andrew had lost all of his royal titles and privileges as well as his 30-room mansion, Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
In a statement released that day, a source said they could sense \u201ca female touch\u201d in the wording of the release.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The move was a \u201cfamily decision,\u201d involving not just King Charles and Prince William but also Queen Camilla and Kate Middleton.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The decision to remove the former Prince Andrew<\/a>\u2019s royal titles and privileges seems to truly have been a family affair, one involving not just King Charles<\/a> and his heir to the throne, Prince William<\/a>, but also Queen Camilla<\/a> and Kate Middleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the statement from Buckingham Palace came down that Andrew would now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, it was also revealed that the former Duke of York would also be vacating Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion he shared with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson<\/a>. Andrew will now reside on the Sandringham estate, hours away from the Windsor estate where he has lived in Royal Lodge since 2003.<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Andrew Mountbatten Windsor<\/p>\n Of the decision, Charles \u201cwould have been really exasperated with it,\u201d a source told People<\/a>. \u201cAndrew had been given so many chances and opportunities to do the right thing, and he would be exasperated that he had to make a difficult decision rather than Andrew dealing with it. He would find it quite painful.\u201d<\/p>\n Though Charles and Andrew are reportedly not especially close, Andrew \u201cis his brother, and he will feel some care and affection and concern for him,\u201d the source said. \u201cBut he wouldn\u2019t have wanted to make that decision. He would rather Andrew dealt with it.\u201d<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Prince Andrew and Prince Charles in 2012<\/p>\n An insider told the outlet that they \u201csensed a female touch\u201d in the statement released Thursday, speculating that Camilla and the Princess of Wales were also involved. Specifically regarding Camilla\u2019s longtime work with victims of abuse and sexual assault, the closing paragraph of the statement is telling: \u201cTheir Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Queen Camilla on March 10, 2025<\/p>\n \u201cI would think the Queen had a hand in that,\u201d the source said. \u201cThere would have been a push from Camilla and Catherine, and there was pressure from William, who would not want to inherit the headache.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a family decision,\u201d the insider continued, adding the statement \u201cwas quite strong, and I was quite proud when I heard it.\u201d<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Prince Andrew at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral<\/p>\n The Telegraph<\/a> reported that Camilla expressed concerns that Andrew\u2019s association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was undermining her work supporting sexual abuse victims, and that this was a part of the decision-making process that led Andrew to be stripped of all of his titles.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Queen is an extremely good judge of where the public mood is at any one time, and likewise the King is very tuned in to public sentiment because he meets so many people every day and is always out and about, so he knows what the temperature is,\u201d a former courtier said. \u201cBoth of them know that they have to have the trust of the public because without that, they don\u2019t have the agency to do their job.\u201d<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n King Charles and Queen Camilla in Ravenna, Italy on April 10, 2025<\/p>\n \u201cThis was an issue that was beginning to infect the whole institution\u2019s ability to do its job,\u201d the courtier added. \u201cThey could see that trust in the institution was being impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Getty](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ea870c194c6401a900474b6f00f34642.jpeg\"\/)
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