Heartbroken: Princess Beatrice and Eugenie in Tears as they’re ‘ashamed’ of Prince Andrew refuses to…
It’s been made very clear that Prince Andrew no longer has a future as an official working member of the Royal Family, but it seems he won’t give up on trying to make a royal return, even if it upsets his long-suffering daughters.
In 2019, Andrew’s official duties were suspended for the “foreseeable future”, due to his association with convicted child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. But according to Closer’s royal insider, he’s hoping that now his elder brother Charles is King, that may change and he is pleading with him for a comeback – which is causing even more pain and embarrassment for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
The insider says, “Both of them wish their dad would get it into his head that he needs to reinvent himself far, far away from the royal circle and stop hoping for a miracle that will never come. Of course they still love him, and their mum Sarah continues to rally round and remind everyone why they need to go easy on Andrew for the sake of his health as well as family loyalty. But for the girls it’s very upsetting and kind of humiliating. If he would just let it go and move somewhere remote it wouldn’t be so bad, but he won’t hear of it. It makes their lives so much harder, even though he’ll always be their dad.”
Andrew, 62, was always regarded as the Queen’s “favourite son”, but after his association with the Epstein scandal, she felt she could no longer let him be a working royal. He was stripped of military titles and banned from performing public duties. Andrew is said to still be very hurt by other members of his family not supporting him and because he hasn’t been found guilty of anything, feels he should be given a second chance. He thought things would change after the Queen’s death in September but so far nothing has. Last year, Andrew settled out of court after Virginia Giuffre accused him of “sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress”, but he has always denied any wrongdoing.
