RICHARD EDEN: Prince Harry or Prince Andrew could still become our monarch if disaster strikes. Now courtiers tell me why King Charles won't act
Daily MailPrince Andrew is considered such an embarrassment to the Royal Family that Buckingham Palace insiders briefed the Press this week that he should ‘do the decent thing’ and voluntarily withdraw from public view over Christmas. Then it emerged the Duke and Duchess had also pulled out of King Charles’s pre-Christmas private lunch for extended family and friends at Buckingham Palace today. Just like his nephew Prince Harry, who also ‘stepped back’ from royal duties, Andrew is a Counsellor of State. Prince Andrew drives his car away from Royal Lodge on Wednesday The Duke of York and King Charles together at the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in London Later that year, the King asked Parliament to add his sister, Princess Anne, and brother, Prince Edward, to the list.