King Charles has reportedly moved to pressure Prince Andrew to give up his place in the line of succession after a Buckingham Palace emissary travelled to Sandringham in Norfolk last Saturday, according to royal author Tom Bower. The claim has not been confirmed by the palace, but if accurate it would mark the clearest sign yet that the King wants his disgraced brother pushed further from the constitutional picture, not merely from public life.
For context, Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne despite years of scandal, official disgrace and his retreat from frontline royal duties. That awkward fact has lingered in the background of royal life for some time, an unresolved matter for a monarchy that has otherwise tried hard to distance itself from the Duke of York's fall.
