Nov. 12, 2025
Andrew Has to Bow to His Own Daughters
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s royal downfall just got worse—he’s now outranked by Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie and may soon need a hyphen to regain his dignity. As Palace aides debate whether to reattach the “Mountbatten-Windsor” dash, insiders say Christmas plans are in chaos, Anne is cracking jokes in Australia, and Ghislaine Maxwell is allegedly getting VIP treatment in prison.
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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark for Ancis. By the way, we
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the foreseeable future. It seems like you are enjoying them,
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and there's plenty of news coming out of Buckingham Palace
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to support the extra show. So from now on we'll
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currently be dropping two shows a day to Palace Intrigues,
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and we hope you are enjoying and thank you for
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supporting this show. King Charles unprecedented decision to strip his
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brother of all royal titles has left Andrew mount Batton
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Winsor not only without his dukedom or his Royal Highness status,
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but now outranked by his own daughters. Under new royal protocol,
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Andrew must bow to Princess be At Truss and Princess Eugenie,
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who have retained their titles and the style of her
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Royal Highness. Royal biographer Robert Hartman told The Daily Mail
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that Andrew probably will follow the custom, though not happily.
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Buckingham Palace is reportedly mulling a punctuation change that could
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add a small dash of dignity back to Andrew Mountbatten
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Windsor's name. Literally, officials are said to be reconsidering whether
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the disgraced royal's surname should include the hyphen, making an
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Andrew mount Baton dash Windsor in line with the late
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Queen Elizabeth's formal decree. The potential revision follows growing concern
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that the Palace may have ignored Her Majesty's explicit nineteen
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sixty declaration that her descendants without royal titles should bear
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the family name mount Baton dash Windsor. The rule was
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designed to honor Prince Philip, who had long grumbled that
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he was the only man in the country not allowed
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to give his name to his children, once joking bitterly
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that it made him nothing but a bloody a meeber.
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When Andrew was born that same year, he became the
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first royal child registered with the Mountbatan dash Windsor surname.
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Now that he no longer holds the style of his
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Royal Highness or the title Prince Royal, historians say it
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would be consistent and perhaps poetic justice for him to
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return to the name exactly as his mother intended. Given
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the Queen's clear directive, I was surprised that Palace ever
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printed his name without that hyphen. Royal historian Ian Lloyd
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told The Times it's there in Anne's marriage certificate and
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on Archie's birth certificate. It's not optional. A royal source
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told the Son, it is a conundrum what they do
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with Andrew this Christmas. No one wants it to be
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seen with him, and the family have pretty much given
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up on him. One inside has said Beatrice and Eugenie
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are very likely to be at Sandringham as they are
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very much still in the royal fold. A source told
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the Son Andrew is depressed after losing his titles and
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being exiled from the royal family, so they don't want
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to leave him on his own. According to gb News,
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royal household staff are already quietly discussing how best to
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ensure he is not completely alone over the festive period.
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Options could include inviting trusted friends or arranging for him
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to join a more low key gathering away from the cameras.
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Royal biographer Ingrid Seward acknowledged the dilemma facing the family.
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She told the paper It is a very difficult situation
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with Andrew and Christmas, but I cannot see them leaving
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him on his own. Someone will scoop him up. Royal
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insiders say Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are feeling strained
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as their parents' scandals continue to cast a long shadow
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over their lives. Sources told Radar Online, Beatrice and Eugenie
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are an impossible position. The shadow of their parents' scandals
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keeps following them, and it's getting harder to protect their
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own reputations. The source added that while both princesses have
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worked diligently to build independent careers and charitable profiles, each
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new story about Sarah or Andrew makes it tougher to
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be taken seriously in professional and philanthropic circles. Another Royal
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source explained the deeper issue they've both put in the work,
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but the truth is their positions and opportunities have always
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been connected to their family name. Now that name was
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becoming a liability. That same insider warned that there's genuine
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fear that the fallout from their parents could unravel everything
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they've achieved. A third source went further, saying the Princess's
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optics are getting harder to defend. While Beatrice and Eugenie
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are technically private citizens, they still enjoy advantages most people
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can't imagine. With their parents losing titles and status, the
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contrast is becoming glaring, and public patience for that kind
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of privilege is wearing thin. Princess Anne delivered a sharp
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witted response in Australia when conversation turned to her disgraced
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brother while attending a garden party marking the centenary of
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the Royal Australian Signal Corps, and was approached by serviceman
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James Thorpe, who mentioned that he had previously met her brother.
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Without missing a beat, the Princess Royal replied, which one
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I have three? The quick quip drew laughter from the
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Crown and neatly sidestepped any awkward discussion about Andrew when
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Thorpe clarified, Ah, that's the main one man. AND's humorous
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deflection had already done its work. More palace in just
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a moment, and insider told the son, it's no secret
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that Sarah is not in a good way at the moment.
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The girls are extremely worried about her and making sure
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they stay in touch. Sarah's older sister Jane has been
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over from Australia recently to see her, and that was
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in part to give Sarah moral support. She feels she
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is blameless, but has taken what has happened recently extremely hard.
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Sarah still thinks Andrew is a good person and will
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always support him, but she knows her future is away
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from him. A senior prison official has reportedly complained he
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is sick of being Gilaine Maxwell's bitch, as accusations mount
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that the convicted sex trafficker is enjoying a life of
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luxury behind bars. According to whistleblowers who spoke to the
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House Judiciary Committee, staff at Federal Prison Camp Brian in
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Texas are allegedly catering to Maxwell hand and foot. Congressman
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Jamie Raskin of Maryland detailed the claims in the sharply
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worded letter to President Donald Trump, accusing prison officials of
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grotesque pampering and retaliation against anyone who objects. Raskin wrote,
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within FPC Brian, the deference and civility to Miss Maxwell
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have reached such preposterous levels that one of the top
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officials at the facility has complained that he is sick
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of having to be Maxwell's bitch. The congressman alleged that
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Maxwell has been granted privilege such as private workouts, special
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mills delivered to her cell, computer access, and a recreation
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time and staff only areas treatment he compared to a
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guest at a Trump hotel rather than a convicted felon.
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Andrew from his early years to his fall from grace,
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