How Andrew Mountbatten Windsor used to 'manipulate' late Queen Elizabeth

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has once again found himself at the center of controversy!

Recent claims suggested that former-Prince exploited his relationship with his mother Queen Elizabeth by using tactics to manipulate her.

During the later years of the late Queen's reign, Andrew developed a method of bypassing "men in grey suits" to approach Queen directly in informal Sunday tea gatherings at Windsor, when Elizabeth maintained controlled schedule, according to Robert Hardman.

The royal biographer said, "He did have a tactic which was, whenever he was told he couldn't do something or something was impossible, his favorite way of countermanding it would be to go round and have tea with Mummy on a Sunday afternoon, because there were no officials around."

Furthermore, the source also told Radar Online, "What's being described is not just opportunism on Andrew's part, but a consistent pattern of sneaky behavior – identifying moments when oversight was minimal and using personal proximity to secure outcomes that might otherwise have been blocked."

"It speaks to a dynamic where emotional closeness could be leveraged to override institutional checks," the insider added.

They went on to note, "In that sense, it has all the hallmarks of a system being quietly exploited from within."

"Essentially, it adds to the feeling that Andrew was a snake who exploited the peace of the Queen's peaceful Sunday to try and manipulate her into granting him whatever he wanted."

As per Robert, absence of advisors was Andrew's key strategy. "It was when officials were around that they would usually say, 'Well, I'm sorry, Sir, we can't do this, we can't do that.'"

He explained, "So on a Sunday at tea, Andrew would say, 'Oh Mummy, you wouldn't believe what they've told me I can't do. It's ridiculous. I'm sure you don't mind me doing this. It's going to be a good idea. You must agree.'"

"And she'd eventually say, 'Alright, yes.' And then on Monday morning, he'd say, 'No, it's quite all right. I've got the Queen's permission. It's going to happen. I'm going to do XYZ,'" Robert said.

As Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was widely seen as "Queen's favourite child," the source noted that with this came the access that other didn't have. "The concern is that this access wasn't always handled with the same discipline expected of someone in his role, which created friction behind the scenes," the insider added.