Andrew Has to Bow to His Own Daughters

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I am your host, Mark for Ancis. By the way, we are continuing to do these bonus episodes every afternoon for the foreseeable future. It seems like you are enjoying them, and there's plenty of news coming out of Buckingham Palace to support the extra show. So from now on we'll currently be dropping two shows a day to Palace Intrigues, one around three am Eastern, the second around noon Eastern, and we hope you are enjoying and thank you for supporting this show. King Charles unprecedented decision to strip his brother of all royal titles has left Andrew mount Batton Winsor not only without his dukedom or his Royal Highness status, but now outranked by his own daughters. Under new royal protocol, Andrew must bow to Princess be At Truss and Princess Eugenie, who have retained their titles and the style of her Royal Highness. Royal biographer Robert Hartman told The Daily Mail that Andrew probably will follow the custom, though not happily.

1:13 Buckingham Palace is reportedly mulling a punctuation change that could add a small dash of dignity back to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's name. Literally, officials are said to be reconsidering whether the disgraced royal's surname should include the hyphen, making an Andrew mount Baton dash Windsor in line with the late Queen Elizabeth's formal decree. The potential revision follows growing concern that the Palace may have ignored Her Majesty's explicit nineteen sixty declaration that her descendants without royal titles should bear the family name mount Baton dash Windsor. The rule was designed to honor Prince Philip, who had long grumbled that he was the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children, once joking bitterly that it made him nothing but a bloody a meeber.

2:03 When Andrew was born that same year, he became the first royal child registered with the Mountbatan dash Windsor surname. Now that he no longer holds the style of his Royal Highness or the title Prince Royal, historians say it would be consistent and perhaps poetic justice for him to return to the name exactly as his mother intended. Given the Queen's clear directive, I was surprised that Palace ever printed his name without that hyphen. Royal historian Ian Lloyd told The Times it's there in Anne's marriage certificate and on Archie's birth certificate. It's not optional. A royal source told the Son, it is a conundrum what they do with Andrew this Christmas. No one wants it to be seen with him, and the family have pretty much given up on him. One inside has said Beatrice and Eugenie are very likely to be at Sandringham as they are very much still in the royal fold. A source told the Son Andrew is depressed after losing his titles and being exiled from the royal family, so they don't want to leave him on his own. According to gb News, royal household staff are already quietly discussing how best to ensure he is not completely alone over the festive period.

3:14 Options could include inviting trusted friends or arranging for him to join a more low key gathering away from the cameras. Royal biographer Ingrid Seward acknowledged the dilemma facing the family. She told the paper It is a very difficult situation with Andrew and Christmas, but I cannot see them leaving him on his own. Someone will scoop him up. Royal insiders say Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are feeling strained as their parents' scandals continue to cast a long shadow over their lives. Sources told Radar Online, Beatrice and Eugenie are an impossible position. The shadow of their parents' scandals keeps following them, and it's getting harder to protect their own reputations. The source added that while both princesses have worked diligently to build independent careers and charitable profiles, each new story about Sarah or Andrew makes it tougher to be taken seriously in professional and philanthropic circles. Another Royal source explained the deeper issue they've both put in the work, but the truth is their positions and opportunities have always been connected to their family name. Now that name was becoming a liability. That same insider warned that there's genuine fear that the fallout from their parents could unravel everything they've achieved. A third source went further, saying the Princess's optics are getting harder to defend. While Beatrice and Eugenie are technically private citizens, they still enjoy advantages most people can't imagine. With their parents losing titles and status, the

4:44 contrast is becoming glaring, and public patience for that kind of privilege is wearing thin. Princess Anne delivered a sharp witted response in Australia when conversation turned to her disgraced brother while attending a garden party marking the centenary of the Royal Australian Signal Corps, and was approached by serviceman James Thorpe, who mentioned that he had previously met her brother. Without missing a beat, the Princess Royal replied, which one I have three? The quick quip drew laughter from the Crown and neatly sidestepped any awkward discussion about Andrew when Thorpe clarified, Ah, that's the main one man. AND's humorous deflection had already done its work. More palace in just a moment, and insider told the son, it's no secret that Sarah is not in a good way at the moment.

5:35 The girls are extremely worried about her and making sure they stay in touch. Sarah's older sister Jane has been over from Australia recently to see her, and that was in part to give Sarah moral support. She feels she is blameless, but has taken what has happened recently extremely hard. Sarah still thinks Andrew is a good person and will always support him, but she knows her future is away from him. A senior prison official has reportedly complained he is sick of being Gilaine Maxwell's bitch, as accusations mount that the convicted sex trafficker is enjoying a life of luxury behind bars. According to whistleblowers who spoke to the House Judiciary Committee, staff at Federal Prison Camp Brian in Texas are allegedly catering to Maxwell hand and foot. Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland detailed the claims in the sharply worded letter to President Donald Trump, accusing prison officials of grotesque pampering and retaliation against anyone who objects. Raskin wrote, within FPC Brian, the deference and civility to Miss Maxwell have reached such preposterous levels that one of the top officials at the facility has complained that he is sick of having to be Maxwell's bitch. The congressman alleged that Maxwell has been granted privilege such as private workouts, special mills delivered to her cell, computer access, and a recreation time and staff only areas treatment he compared to a guest at a Trump hotel rather than a convicted felon.

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