Yeah, back in the days when the tabloids called him Randy Andy. He was considered the attractive, fun brother.
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Piers, Virginia's father, Andrew's defender Victoria Hervey, Maureen C, Tom Bower...
For those interested in the subject, it's a very interesting video imo.
For those interested in the subject, it's a very interesting video imo.
I heard that the author of the book is well-researched. The article is behind a paywall; a link is provided below. If the article is just a taste, I can't imagine how 'shocking' the book must be.😫
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He's appalling. It's increasingly disappointing how the royal family continues to protect and support him.
He was his mother's pet. she would be very saddened by all of this I think
Do you think she was unaware of his behavior over the years? I'm genuinely curious because I can't reconcile her image with her enabling Andrew and his decades of grotesque behavior. To me, it goes beyond coddling her favorite.
Didn't she supposedly pay his $14,000,000 settlement? I have a ton of respect for QE but her handling of him was a terrible blind spot of hers. I think she was more upset that his deeds got brought to light than anything else.
maybe so but I think she must have been saddened that her golden boy turned out to be such a creep
I know many parents will defend their child to the end, but if he was truly like this, it makes me question QEII and WTF her thinking was and how she reconciled him being her favorite. I read Anne was Prince Philip's favorite, which totally makes sense to me. Andy being the Queen's pet is just gross.
I think that was from childhood....and probably continued. but would she have know what a pig he was?
He is a deplorable human being imo. I liked reading that Charles viewed the Queen Mother’s staff as her companions. I always thought he was a decent person, despite being raised in the same environment.
His behavior is totally unacceptable for any parent imo. I read somewhere that he behaved differently in front of his mother, but it seems impossible that she wasn’t aware of how disrespectful and entitled he is.
I wonder if QE turned a blind eye to his behavior because the poor lad wasn’t going to be king... I feel sorry for any mother who has a son like him.
She was almost certainly kept in the dark about some of his wildest shenanigans by her staff. That said, I think she knew about some of it and would have done whatever it took to protect the reputation and dignity of the monarchy. Anything short of him murdering someone would have been covered up.
I feel so badly for Beatrice and Eugenie. How devastating to realize the depth of their father’s debauchery. And especially for Beatrice as a mother of two daughters . How do you prepare a child for information they will someday find on the Internet about their grandfather? Thankfully, both women seem to have loving husbands for support.
Years ago there was a story Andrew had raged at a newly hired maid and summarily dismissed her because in making his bed she hadn’t replaced his teddy bear collection in the “correct order” atop
the covers. At the time I doubted it as too improbable, not anymore.