"Not in a Calm State" - The week in UK Royal news with Mark Francis

0:03 Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome through Palace Weekly. I am your host, Mark Francis. This is the show where we recap the events of the week. If you'd like more detail, please check out our daily show, Palace Intrigue Daily. All right, let's see what happened last week. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie is said to be in a state following the arrest of their father, Andrew mount Patten Windsor. Once source told The Telegraph, this is catastrophic for Sarah and the girls. Her desperation for money was clear stupidity, but does that equate to what she's going through now?

0:45 Reports have revisited Beatrice's lifestyle in twenty fifteen, when she reportedly took seventeen holidays in a single year while working at Sony for nineteen five hundred pounds annually. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Daily Meal it now seems clear that when their father's dodgy business deals when special Trade Envoy, and their mother's alleged financial dependence on Jeffrey Epstein could have been pivotal to her life of luxury. Beatrice was able to live it up, but now we wonder at whose expense. Hours before Andrew's arrest, Princess Eugenie was spotted on a half term skiing holiday in Gustad, Switzerland, with her husband Jack Brooksbank and their sons. A fellow Dinah said, I was surprised to see her because I thought she would be keeping a low profile in light of everything that has been going on. In his understood, Eugenie would not have known about her father's imminent arrest. A new biography claims William urged decisive action against Andrew after the newsnight interview. In William and Catherine The Intimate Inside Story, Russell Meyers writes that William appealed to then Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth to remove Andrew from public life. A source said he never much liked his uncle and wanted him out of the picture immediately before the rot further set in William's view was that he got himself into the whole mess, so he should be left to his own devices to sort it out away from the family.

2:09 The book claims William's position was unwavering. The Prince of Wales was adamant the whole episode would never go away, and there was absolutely no upside in Andrew being protected. His view was crystal clear. Andrew shouldn't be anywhere near the family under any circumstances. Royal inside a deep Crown reminds us I wrote some weeks ago that William would find himself without enough bodies to go around. And so the Prince finds himself in precisely the position I described, short of working royals, staring at a personal ledger that does not balance, yet unable to draw on the very cousins who might have helped fill the gap. Eugenie's closeness to Harry makes her a complication rather than an asset. Beatrice's entanglement with the newsnight debarcle makes her a liability.

2:54 A former royal protection officer described Andrew as deeply unpopular within palace circles, revealing that the blunt nickname some allegedly used the C word. The officer said, he was the most unpopular member of the royal family while I was there. He was just rude and arrogant, and his sense of self entitlement was breathtaking. The possibility of abdication is showing up in more news stories on Talk TV Jeremy Kyle suggested, I think it's so bad that the King might have to stand aside. I genuinely have a way out for him is to say that his medical situation is the reason he is doing that. We all know it's for the good of the royal family, and we start with a clean slate with William and Kate. Royal biographer Andrew Lowney agreed, I think it may be the only way to clean out the stables and start afresh. I think the King is compromised by his association with Andrew. Deep Crown tells us the King finds himself in an extraordinarily difficult position, and it is largely of his own making.

3:51 His decades of loyalty to his brother has become an institutional liability of the first order. The health rationale would simply provide the necessary dignity, the polite fiction that allows everyone to move forward, where the rapdication is truly the only path forward. I am not yet prepared to say with certainty, but I will say this, the window for other solutions is closing more palace in just a moment. King Charles us visit has been confirmed for April twenty eighth, is slimmed down three day visit. The Times reports the reduced schedule reflects considerations around his health and ongoing cancer treatment. The visit will include one day in Washington one day in New York, with the third day location yet to be finalized. Palisades have ruled out a West Coast leg, meaning the King will not travel to Montecito. The Prince and Princess away was returned to the BAFTA's red carpet for the first time since twenty twenty three. While entering, a voice called out, your Highness is the monarchy in peril.

4:52 The couple did not respond and continued walking. During pre ceremony conversations, William admitted he had not yet seen Hamne, telling guests, I need to be in quite a calm state and I'm not at the moment. I will save it. The Princess revealed when she had watched the film the previous evening. Yes, I think it was a very bad idea. Actually I ended up with very puffy eyes, a so I was told The Daily Mail. William was frustrated because it's still likely to be a problem on his plate when he eventually becomes king. I think William and Catherine are acutely aware that this is a scandal that won't be going away for a long time. Body language expert Judy James suggested that there may be signs of strain during the appearance, pointing to the lack of physical touch between the couple. She told her instead of touching, we can see the fingers of William's right hand slightly curled so that his index finger touches his thumb, hinting at a self soothe ritual. William paid tribute to Corporal Lucy Wilde, the young Army medick found dead in her barracks on February fifth. In a statement, the Prince expressed his immense sadness, saying I remember our meeting during her time with the Welsh Guards, where her warmth and compassion were mistakable. Queen Camilla hosted French rape survivor Josel Palicott at Clarence House, telling her she was left speechless after reading her memoir.

6:10 During the thirty minute meeting, Camilla said, I've met so many survivors of rape and sexual abuse. I never thought I could be shocked by anything anymore, but I was shocked at your case. It left me speechless. Andrew has reportedly been told not to go horse riding while he remains under police investigation amid concerns about public perception. According to the Son, Royal Aids believe images of him writing and appearing cheerful would be inappropriate. Source said since it arrest last week, he has been ordered not to go horse riding. It's considered a bad look. Thames Valley Police confirmed that searchers at Royal Lodge have concluded. In a statement, police said officers now have left the location we have been searching in Berkshire. Our investigation remains ongoing. Princess Eugenie made her first public appearance in the UK since her father's arrest, photographed in not Hill alongside her husband Jack brooks Bank. A source told people she was chatting with someone she knew and seemed very relaxed. She looked happy and at ease, not like someone trying to hide. Radar Online reported on the type of jail cell Andrew spent his birth in. According to former officers, the cell would have contained a narrow bench with a thin vinyl covered mattress, a stainless steel toilet and constant CCTV monitoring. Rank Wealth and background count for nothing once that cell door closes.

7:30 One former detective said a professional mass so use claimed she was waved into Buckingham Palace without security checks to give Andrew a private massage. In June two thousand, Monique Gianna Aloney said Andrew disappeared to the bathroom and came back in the nude. She asked, I can't actually say anything bad about Prince Andrew and my experience on that day. I only massaged him once. She said she had been introduced to Andrew through Galey Maxwell. Harry, and Meghan visited a refugee camp and hospital in Jordan as part of a two day tour. The Duchess arrived wearing an off white Designer ensemble She Knows How to Read a room with a reported total value exceeding one thousand pounds, including the Eve's tweed jacket by Veronica Beard, priced at one fifty pounds. Later in the day, Meghan walked crinkled trousers that trailed along the ground. During mockery on social media, one user joked, wrinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are? Another commented neither Diana nor Princess Catherine would dress it a wrinkled mess photos suggest Meghan had never kicked a ball before as she joined the young girls at football drills in the Zatari refugee camp. Social media reaction was swift, with one comment to writing, cosplaying Katherine again, Meghan is obsessed with Catherine. The Daily Mail offered a different take, bend it like Meghan Duchess celebrates scoring a goal against a child and proves she's a match for Kate when it comes to play the beautiful game. Despite

9:03 meeting Princess Basma bind Talal, the aunt of King Abdullah, the second reports suggest Harry and Meghan were snubbed by the King and Crown Prince of Jordan. King Abdullah chose to meet the Indonesian president rather than the Sussexes. Harry and Meghan are reportedly encouraging Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie to consider writing a memoir. According to Closer magazine, the Sussexes are even offering to introduce them to publishers and agents that can help put them together with a deal. Radar Online reports that Andrew reportedly believed he had found an unlikely ally in Prince Harry, a fellow spare he had also been cast aside. Sources claim Andrew floated the idea of collaborating on charitable initiatives and visiting Harry and Meghan in California, but that alignment never gained traction, as Meghan had no interest in welcoming Andrew. What she says goes when it comes to Harry. One insider alleged more palising just a moment. The King paid a private visit to his former nanny, Mabel Anderson to mark her one hundredth birthday, keeping a long standing promise despite the turmoil surrounding his brother's arrest. Known affectionately as Mipsey, she cared for all four of Queen Elizabeth the Second's children and has been described by Charles as a haven of security during his childhood. Sarah Ferguson reportedly spent January at the thirteen thousand pound a night Paracellus Recovery Clinic in Zurich.

10:38 According to Radar Online Insiders suggests the publicity may have been strategic. There is growing belief that the details of the clinic were allowed to surface to soften her image by framing it as a mental health retreat. The hope is that the narrative shifts from scandal to vulnerability. This is the week William said He's not in a calm state. The week abdication speculation intensified. The week Jeremy Kyle suggested the King might have to stand aside. Deep Ground said the window for other solutions is closing. The New York Sisters are in a state. Beatrice's twenty fifteen lifestyle has questions. Former protection officer says Andrew was the sea word, and the biography reveals William pushed for andrew removal After News Night, Charles will do a US visit on April twenty eighth, No California. Bafter's body language shows strain. William has a tribute to Lucy Wilde. Camilla meets Jisel Pellicott and Andrew's band from horse riding. Royal Lodge searches were concluded. Megan wore a one thy fifty pound jacket to a refugee camp.

11:43 Duchess wrinkle pants mocked football photos compared unfavorably to Kate Jordan. Royals snubbed the Sussexes, encouraging York's sisters to write a memoir. Andrew saw Harry as an ally Megan blocked it, Charles visits MIPSI for a one hundredth birthday, Fergie one thousand pounds, a night clinic, possibly a strategic league, and the messouse story. Andrew came back in the nude, and somewhere between not in a calm state and the King visiting his childhood nanny, the monarchy navigates its deepest crisis in centuries, one awkward bafter question at a time, and there you have it. If you'd like to email us addresses The Palace Intrigger at gmail dot com, Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice and leave us a nice review for enjoying the show. I'm Mark Francis My thanks to John McDermott. This is Palace Weekly and Good Turns