King Charles is understood to be thrown into a brutal dilemma as the monarch mulls an important decision in light of the scandal that has shaken the royal family.
The monarch, who is currently staying at his Scottish home near Balmoral Castle, has urgently called for his son Prince William to join him for a few days. Despite the ongoing tensions between the father and son are expected to come to a resolution for Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
Charles was already in an ongoing row his with disgraced brother for a slew of scandals – from his ties with Jeffery Epstein to his sexual assault allegations from Virginia Giuffre and the Chinese spy scandal – and wanted to remove Andrew from the 30-room mansion Royal Lodge.
However, the King had been holding back over fears that Andrew will spill royal secrets to the public out of revenge and this would be far worse than what Prince Harry’s memoir did.
Although a source previously revealed that William “feels even more strongly than the King that Andrew and Fergie are an embarrassment and will be urging his father to act”.
It seems that Charles is finally giving into the pleas of his heir to cut off Andrew and Fergie as having them pose next to the royals is an already damaging image to the public. Moroever, the mounting pressure is now hard to ignore for the royal family.
This would be a massive blow to particularly Fergie, who had earned the favour of the late Queen Elizabeth before her death in 2022.
The Duchess of York had claimed in her 2011 interview that she expressed her contrition on her association with Epstein. She said that she “abhor[s] paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children, and know that this was a gigantic error on my behalf”.
However, in an email sent just weeks later to the late financier, which were recently exposed, Fergie described him as “steadfast, generous and supreme friend” to her family.
Seven charities severed ties with the Duchess despite her statement via spokesperson, in which she claimed that she was forced to send that email as Epstein had threatened legal action.