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"Jam, Games & Exile: The Sussexes Stumble While Andrew Crumbles" - The week in royal news with Mark Francis

"Jam, Games & Exile: The Sussexes Stumble While Andrew Crumbles" - The week in royal news with Mark Francis

King Charles strips Prince Andrew of all titles and evicts him from Royal Lodge in the most consequential royal action in decades. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will move to Sandringham as William's ruthless efficiency ends his father's three-year struggle. Plus: Meghan's holiday collection launches, her tenth publicist departs, and the Markus Anderson question persists.

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Calorogus Shark Media Now Hello and welcome to Palace Weekly,

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your comprehensive roundup of the biggest royal stories from the

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past seven days. This week began with Meghan Markles as

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Ever brand launching its holiday collection, but was completely overtaken

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by Thursday night's bombshell, King Charles, formerly stripping Prince Andrew

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of all remaining titles and evicting him from Royal Lodge.

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The move, described by the Guardian as the most consequential

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action King Charles has taken since he ascended the throne,

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marks the definitive end of Andrew's royal life. Let's dive in.

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Tuesday's big announcement turned out to be the first holiday

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collection from Meghan's lifestyle brand as Ever. After days of

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teaser videos showing the Dutchess strolling through a sunlit orchard

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in a sleeveless black dress with a cream sweater draped

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across his shoulders, the reveal came candles, honey fruit spreads,

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mulling spice kits in a limited edition sparkling wine. The collection,

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available exclusively on as ever dot com, celebrates what the

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brand calls the spirit of gifting and gathering Among the

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highlights are two hand poured candles made in California. Signature

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candle number five one nine, named for Megan and Prince

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Harry's May nineteenth wedding date, features Moroccan mint and white tea,

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while candle number eight four, marking her August fourth birthday,

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carries notes of sandalwood, lotus and poppy. Both are presented

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in ceramic vessels. The twenty twenty one vintage Napa Valley

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Brute is priced at eighty nine dollars and produced using

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the traditional method champannoires from Pino Nois and Shardonnay grapes.

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The Sparkling wine is described as crisp with green apple

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and citrus notes, and arrives in a matte black bottle

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detailed in gold. Other items include the Legally Fruit Spread

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gift set at forty two dollars, featuring raspberry, orange marmalade

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and a new strawberry flavor. The Honey Duo gift set

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is priced at sixty two dollars and offers wildflower and

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orange blossom varieties sourced from California apirees. The Sage Honey

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with Honeycomb costs thirty two dollars. And is described as

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inspired by Meghan's own garden. Two mulling kits, spice Cider,

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and Hot Toddy at sixteen dollars each, round out the line.

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Meghan also took on a new role as interviewer for

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Town and Countries November Philanthropy issue, where she spotlights fifteen

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year old Avery Culvert, founder of Altadena Girls, and organizations

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supporting teenage girls who lost their homes in the devastating

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January wildfires in California. In the interview, Meghan told Colvert,

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you never thought your work would grow to be this big,

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and even if it hadn't, it still would have been

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meaningful and made an impact. My goodness, if our daughter

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turns out to be anything like you, I'll be the

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proudest mum. Later in the week, reports suggested Meghan is

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hearing to pursue as Ever independently. A source told OK

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magazine that she would love for Harry to be involved

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in whatever she's doing, but that's not how it's played out,

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so this is something she'll have to do by herself.

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She's prepared to go it alone and will stop at

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nothing to make a success of as Ever. The couple

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made a surprise appearance at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night

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for Game four of the World Series between the La

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Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. The Duke and Duchess of

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Sussex at front row just ahead of Dodgers legend Sandy Kofax.

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Megan showed her support in an oversized white button down,

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dark trousers and a blue Dodger's cap she's been seen

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wearing before. Harry coordinated in a black blazer, white T

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shirt and dark trousers, eventually donning his own Dodger's hat.

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According to reports, some fans booed when the Sussexes were

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shown on the big screen. The Dodgers fell to Toronto

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six to one, tying the series. While this marked Harry's

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first World Series appearance, the couple previously attended the twenty

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nineteen London series between the Red Sox and Yankees. This

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week brought reports that Emily Robinson, a Los Angeles based

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communications executive who joined the Sussex's Montecida team in June,

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has departed after only three months. Her exit marks the

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tenth publicist to part ways with the couple since they

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moved to California. According to the Daily Mail. Robinson, who

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earned a reputation during her time at Netflix, where she

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helped promote The Crown, was considered a higher profile higher

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A friend told The Daily Mail it was her decision.

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She left a few weeks ago. She's not a quitter,

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so things must have been pretty horrible for her to go.

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According to reports, Robinson's LinkedIn profile made no mention of

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a brief time with The Sussexes, with her resume jumping

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from senior publicity role at Netflix to running her own firm,

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rob Coms, which offers strategic publicity and marketing services for brand,

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film and series campaigns. Robinson's departure makes her the tenth

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publicist to leave the couple since moving to California. Only

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two former pr represented James Holt and Miranda Barbeau, remain

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connected in new non communication roles still in place, Liam Maguire,

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the couple's European communications director, and Meredith Mainz, their chief

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communications officer. A spokesperson for the Sussexes said Robinson oversaw

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project based work for a very successful season of With

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Love Meghan. The resignation follows a series of controversies for

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the couple, including backlash to Meghan's Paris Fashion Week video,

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in which he was filmed driving along the Sane, mirroring

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the route taken by Princess Diana other night she died.

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Former colleagues have offered varying accounts of working with the Dutchess.

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Once source previously told The Hollywood Reporter everyone's terrified of Megan.

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She belittles people, she doesn't take advice. Harry is very charming,

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but he's an enabler. Another claim that she marches around

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like a dictator in high hills. On Sunday, Meghan posted

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videos from a family pumpkin patch trip showing Archie and

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Lilibet with their grandmother Loria Ragland and family friend Marcus Anderson.

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The clips included Harry carving a pumpkin at home. Within hours,

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the video disappeared. According to The Royalist, in the background

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of Harry's carving session, the children could be seen running around,

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blurry but visible enough for recognition. The Sussex communications team

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moved at lightning speed to remove the footage. The incident

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drew renewed attention to Anderson's continued presence in the Sussex's lives.

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According to Marie Claire and Ola magazine. Anderson, a SOHO

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House executive, has been a constant presence since Meghan's Toronto days,

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and reportedly helped orchestrate logistics when Harry and Meghan's relationship

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first went public More Palace in just a Moment. Earlier

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in the week before Thursday's bombshell, fresh reporting emerged on

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Andrew's daily life at Royal Lodge. According to the Sun,

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the Duke reportedly rose late, took breakfast served by staff,

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and spent much of his time watching war films, go

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for playing video games like Call of Duty. Royal author

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Ingrid Seward recounted a friend's visit. The Prince was in

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a huge sitting room and Andrew was just lying there

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on a massive sofa, watching TV on the biggest screen

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my friend had ever seen. It seemed to take up

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the whole of a wall. It seemed to him that

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their lives were quite separate. She was carrying on with

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the business of doing business and he was watching television.

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According to Seward, his life is very empty. He's very

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lonely and I think he's probably extremely bored. Sources said

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he rarely left the Windsor estate, venturing out only twice

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a week. For horse rides. Friends of Sarah Ferguson said

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she found herself in an uncertain position. The honest truth

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is that she has nowhere to go and nowhere to

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go with, one friend told The Daily Mail. Reports suggest

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she does not plan to continue living with Andrew following

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his departure from Royal Lodge on Thursday night. The speculation

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ended with a formal statement from Buckingham Palace. His Majesty

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has today initiated a formal process to remove the style,

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titles and honors of Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew will now

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be known as Andrew Mount Batton Windsor. His lease on

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Royal Lodge has to date provided him with legal protection

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to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served

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to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative

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private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary notwithstanding the fact

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that he continues to deny the allegations against him. The

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statement concluded, Their Majesty's wish to make clear that their

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thoughts and utmost sympathies have been and will remain with

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the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.

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In the Guardian, Robert Booth called this the most consequential

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action King Charles has taken since he ascended the throne.

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In twenty twenty two, he wrote that the defenestration of

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Prince Andrew, now to be known only as Andrew Mount Batton, Windsor,

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and the removal of his cherished privilege of royal status,

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is an act of utmost ruthlessness by a king. The

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Telegraph's India MacTaggart told Sky News the word unprecedented is

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often overused in royal reporting, but it's absolutely warranted in

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this case. The King stripping Andrew of all his remaining

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titles was his nuclear button, and I think that the

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palace left no room for misunderstanding. Andrew has been officially

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removed from the role of the peerage and will reportedly

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moved to Sandringham estate, though conflicting reports suggests the move

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won't take place until twenty twenty six. He remains eighth

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in line to the throne, a position that cannot be

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altered without parliamentary legislation, and technically remains on the list

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of Councilors of State, though as a non working royal

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he is not expected to be called upon. Virginia Geoffrey's

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family released a statement to the BBC Today, an ordinary

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American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a

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British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage. Virginia Roberts Geoffrey,

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Our sister a child when she was sexually assaulted by Andrew,

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never stopped fighting for accountability. Most of Friday's front pages

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focused on the end of Andrew's royal life. The Sun

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led with the Andrew formerly known as Prince, calling the

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move the price to be paid for fourteen years of damage.

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The Daily Style went with the royal formerly known as Prince.

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The Daily Mirror chose a single word finally, with the

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subheading meet mister Windsor. The Daily Telegraph wrote Andrew no

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longer prints, quoting a royal source citing serious lapses of

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judgment and noting the Prince of Wales was fully supportive

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of his father's actions. The Times ran with Andrew stripped

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of his prince's title and home, reporting that he has

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been banished to a lonely life at Sandringham, privately funded

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by the King, and that Sarah Ferguson is unlikely to

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join him. The Daily Mail opted for another sixcent headline,

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Banished according to the Royalist, sources credit Prince William with

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orchestrating the final outcome. Tom Sykes quoted a source saying

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Charles has been trying and failing to get Andrew out

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of Royal Lodge for the past three years. William did

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it in two weeks. William is king in all but

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name now. A friend of the Prince of Wales said

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William stepped in after being dismayed by the earlier compromise

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that saw Andrew lose use of his Duke of York

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title but keep Royal Lodge. The friend told the Royalist,

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this is Andrew, so the solution was always going to

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be a payoff. This is his father's mess, and William

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wanted it cleaned up on his father's watch. The reference

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to his father's mess reflects unhappiness with William's circle about

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Charles's attempts to rehabilitate Andrew, including forcing William and Kate

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to drive Andrew to church at Balmoral in the summer

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of twenty twenty three and inviting Andrew to join the

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family's Christmas Day photo call at Sandringham in twenty twenty two.

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At Christmas of twenty three, when both Andrew and Sarah

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appeared in the festive photo call. William boycotted Christmas lunch

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at Sandringham in response, More Palace and just a moment.

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The decision generated extensive commentary about its significance. For the BBC,

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Sean Kaflan wrote, there are no modern precedents for such

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a colossal loss of royal status. It's a ripping off

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the bandage moment which the Palace will hope will finally

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draw a line under the endless oil slick of bad

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news stories about Andrew. However, Kaughlin questioned whether even this

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represents rock bottom. It's going to be much harder for

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the Palace to settle an authentic feeling of public outrage.

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The sense of unchecked privilege surrounding Andrew has genuinely irritated

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the public, and it will take more than taking away

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his titles to dispel the sense of ugly entitlement. He

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noted that Yugov polling published Thursday showed Andrew now has

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the worst ever popularity ratings for a royal, with ninety

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one percent holding a negative view. In the Guardian, Robert

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Booth noted that the Queen's longevity always meant that Charles'

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reign would be relatively shortened. Therefore, one of his most

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important tasks would be to bequeath the institution to Prince

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William in our reasonable repair. William is relatively popular with

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the public, and for Charles to leave him with a

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festering crisis for the sake of the feelings of his

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younger brother made no sense. The Guardian also reminds readers

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that Andrew was once regarded as a national hero, celebrated

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for his bravery as a Navy helicopter pilot during the

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Falklands War in nineteen eighty two. Journalist Stephen Bates said

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He's always had a reputation of being arrogant, self entitled

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and extremely pompous. Over the succeeding fifteen years, more and

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more has come out, and it's been like pulling the

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strand of wool on a jumper. As we move into November,

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the Andrew situation has reached its conclusion with Thursday's announcement,

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though questions remain. Kauflin asks who knew what and when

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at the Palace about Andrew and Epstein. Do we need

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more transparency around royal property and finance, and what fresh

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scandals about Andrew could still emerge. Downing Street confirmed the

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government will not support efforts to change the law to

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remove Andrew from the line of succession, with a spokesperson

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saying the government is committed to using parliamentary time to

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improve the lives of working people. Meanwhile, Princess Eugenie was

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photographed in Paris on what appeared to be a girl's trip,

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while Princess Beatrice attended the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia.

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Author Phil Dampia suggested to Hello that Andrew and Sarah's

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relationship is probably not as strong as it looks in public,

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noting that if they physically live apart, I think that

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could be the beginning of the end for their relationship.

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Megan's as Ever holiday collection will test consumer interest in

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her lifestyle brand, While William's Earthshop Prize and Rio offers

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a more positive storyline for the monarchy, the broader message

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is unmistakable. The transitional period is over. William's ruthless efficiency

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in resolving the Andrew crisis signals a fundamental shift in

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how the monarchy will operate going forward. Lena less forgiving

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and focused on institutional survival over family sentiment, and there

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