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A Calorouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue.
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I'm your host, Mark Francis. Princess Beatrice has kept a
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notably low profile in the weeks following the arrest of
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her father, Andrew mount Batten Windsor in February on suspicion
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of misconduct in public office. The situation is believed to
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have created tension beyond the immediate royal family, with reports
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suggesting concern among Beatrice's in laws. Her husband, Eduardo ma
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pallet Mozzi, comes from an Italian aristocratic family, and sources
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claim relatives are worried that the controversy surrounding Andrew could
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affect their reputation and business interests. One source told a
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New Idea, There's nothing good about any of this, and yes,
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it's affecting everyone in their immediate circles. Edo's family is
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Italian aristocracy, so they're beside themselves and furious their son
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is wrapped up in York wreckage. Andrew's rest could damage
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business prospects and family reputation. In the Independent, Charlotte Crips
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feels bad for Beatrice and Eugenie being disinvited from the
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Royal ascot writing, It's a sad and cruel blow for
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the sisters, who until now have considered the horse racing
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event in June a favorite of their grandmother, the late
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Queen Elizabeth, a basic normality of their existence. This was
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the place where the blood princesses could not only show
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their support for the wider family, but also show off
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some wild and wacky headgear too. Bird adds over, no
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longer will they join senior royals in the royal procession
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and fancy carriages or take their seats in the Royal box.
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In a situation described succinctly by friends of the princesses
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as a never ending shit show regarding their parents, this
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latest move has blindsided them, according to the Mail on Sunday,
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and it doesn't stop it a day at the races either.
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They are not invited to any other royal events for
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the foreseeable future. How much worse can it get? With
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millions of Epstein files still awaiting rooms? The answer to
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that question suggests probably a lot worse, and the sisters
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will be left to pick up the pieces of these
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shattered lives left in their wake. How will they broach
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the ins and outs of their family madness with Beatrice's
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daughters Sienna foreign Athena one, as well as her nine
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year old step son Eduardo and Eugenie's sons August five
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in Earnest two. How do you explain that they won't
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see parts of their wider family and public anymore unless
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it's under the cover of darkness. It's one thing to
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reconcile their own egos and vanity with not being part
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of the royal show anymore, but how do you explain
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this new keep out of the way lifestyle to their children?
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In the Telegraph, Celia Warden writes, there is no suggestion
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of wrongdoing on their part. I found myself fixating on
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that phrase. On Sundays they read about the Palace allegedly
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banning Eugenie and Beatrice from Ascot, about the wider decision
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to exclude the princesses from all public facing events for
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the foreseeable future, and about how the other royals have
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supposedly been told they must not appear in pictures with
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the girls for the rest of the year. Maybe it's
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just me, but that all feels quite harsh, you know,
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given there is no suggestion of wrongdoing. Add to that,
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the calls to strip Beatrice and Eugenie of their titles
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and their grace and favor homes, and the commentator controls
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questioning the point of them, and it all starts to
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feel like quite a pile in, doesn't it. And while
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I understand that the Royal Family isn't an ordinary family
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and needs to batten down the hatches, especially now, I
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do hope that this period of caution around the princesses
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will prove to be temporary. As for the angry thong,
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most of whom would presumably like to see the Royal
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Family dismantled in its entirety, it might actually be worth
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considering all the things Beatrice and Eugenie have done right
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over the decades. They've never played the victims, never sold
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their stories, sorry, published their literary memoirs, given oprah of
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the low down on bridesmaid related infights, or indulged in
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any winerthons. They've never been anything but supportive of the
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Royal Family in public. They've never chased fame, always tried
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to forge their own paths aside from that pretzel hat
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at Prince William's wedding, never done anything to embarrass the firm.
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That includes not marrying highly embarrassing people who are known
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to circle royals like wasps. They've never embarked on quasi
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royal tours sol jam or been caught asking any non
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white person where they're from. They haven't gone through staff
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at a rate of knots, or even been accused of bullying.
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The last point I would like to make is this,
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I know from various sources how much the late Queen
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Elizabeth loved these two. It's why she made sure they
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were looked after with their grace and favor of flats.
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And while I'm sure she would do everything necessary to
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protect the firm if she was still alive now, I
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can't imagine she would accept that they be judged on
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anything other than their own actions royal. Inside of deep
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crown comments, Celia Warden has written something honest and I
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think genuinely felt, and she is not wrong on the merits.
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Beatrice and Eugenie have, by any reasonable measure, conducted themselves
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with dignity across decades during which dignity was in rather
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short supply in their immediate family. But I would gently
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suggest she is asking the monarchy to be something it
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has never been and cannot afford to become The institution
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does not operate on the principles of individual justice. It
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operates on the principles of institutional survival. Those are not
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the same thing. Conflating them, however, sympathetically misunderstands the nature
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of the Crown itself. William is therefore correct, not because
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Beatrice and Eugenie deserve this treatment. They do not, and
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I suspect he knows that. But the photographs are the problem.
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A smiling image of the Prince of Wales flanked by
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his York cousins at Royal Ascot, published the same week
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that fresh Epstein material is circulating and their father's legal
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situation remains unresolved, is not a neutral image. It becomes
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a story, and that story damages something far larger than
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any individual within it. The Crown is not a family.
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It is an idea, and ideas require tending something at
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considerable personal cost. More Palacey just a moment. Andrew has
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reportedly asked to surrender the lease on another crown a
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state property, just hours after a visit from a senior
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Palace official. According to reports, Richard Benyon, the most senior
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member of the Royal household, visited Andrew at Wood Farm
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on Sandringham Estate on Monday afternoon. The meeting is said
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to have lasted around two hours. Andrew has been staying
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at Wood Farm since his arrest last month. It is
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reported that Andrew's tenancy at East Lodge has been requested
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to be terminated. The Grade two listed cottage is located
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near his former residence at Sunninghill Park in Berkshire and
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has been maintained as a separate arrangement with the Crown
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Estate for many years. The BBC reported that Andrew has
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been paying around sixteen thousand dollars a year in rent
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for East Lodge. The development comes only weeks after he
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was evicted from Royal Lodge, the thirty room winds of
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property where he had lived since two thousand and four.
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A leading peerage expert has claimed that Andrew has not
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legally lost his noble titles despite Buckingham Palace announcing his
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removal from the role of the Peerage. Michael Rhodes, editor
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of Peerage News and a contributor to the Peerage website,
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said Andrew's removal from the role was designed to mislead
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the public into believing he is no longer Duke of York,
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Earl of Inverness or baron killy Ley. According to Rhodes,
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Andrew will retain those titles for life unless Parliament passes
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legislation to remove them. Rhoades stressed that royal authority alone
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cannot strip a peerage, arguing that being removed from the
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role does not automatically mean a title has been forfeited.
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He added that while Andrew could still technically use a
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coat of arms, it would need to be altered. Following
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the loss of his princely status and garta knighthood, Buckingham
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Palace announced on October thirtieth that King Charles had initiated
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a formal process to remove Prince Andrew's style, titles and
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honors following renewed scrutiny over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Powace said Andrew would henceforth be known as Andrew
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Mountbatten Windsor and would vacate Royal Lodge for alternative accommodation.
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The King signed a royal warrant directing Andrew's removal from
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the role of the peerage, meaning he is no longer
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recognized as a peer in official documents. However, experts say
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that administrative removal does not override the legal reality of
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hereditary titles, which can only be taken away by an
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Act of Parliament. Andrew is expected to miss this year's
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Easter Sunday church service at Saint George's Chapel in Windsor,
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an event he has attended in recent years alongside other
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members of the royal family. The Eastern service is one
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of the traditional fixtures of the Royal calendar. Senior royals
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typically attend together with the family walking to the chapel
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led by King Charles and Queen ca Miller. Andrew has
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been present at the service for the past three years.
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In twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five he attended
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alongside his former wife Sarah Ferguson, while in twenty twenty
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three he arrived alone and was seen walking into the
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chapel with his sister, Princess Anne. It is not yet
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known whether Andrew may instead attend a quieter church service
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on the sandringhammet State, where he has been living since
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