More than a year after he lost his royal and military titles, Prince Andrew is being welcomed back into the royal family by none other than his older brother, a source close to the monarch told The Daily Beast. King Charles III invited his disgraced brother to stay in Scotland's Balmoral Castle, where Andrew was seen carpooling with Prince William and Kate Middleton on Sunday.
"Andrew won't ever have the same ceremonial role within the family, he is no longer and never will be a working royal. That is clear," the source, described as a friend of the king, said. "But he is part of the family. He is the king's brother. He has not been found guilty of any crime, and I think it's fair to say that the king is making it clear that he won't turn his back on his brother." The recent revelation is especially shocking considering that Charles previously played a huge role in his brother's expulsion from the royal's inner circle. Amid the final months of the late Queen Elizabeth's reign, Andrew was barred from performing royal duties after he justified his close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein in an infamous BBC interview. He was ultimately stripped of his royal patronages in the wake of a sex-abuse lawsuit brought forward by Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Epstein's sex-trafficking ring.
