In reporting published by OK! on Thursday 19 March, King Charles III was accused by unnamed sources of hesitating over how to deal with Prince Andrew as renewed scrutiny around Andrew's links to Jeffrey Epstein again pressed on the monarchy. Prince William stepped in with a blunt warning that the situation was 'existential' and that 'the monarchy is at stake'.
Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 amid scrutiny over his connection to Epstein, and in 2022 he was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages. In 2025, Charles removed Andrew's royal honours and duties, and Andrew has since moved from Royal Lodge to Sandringham, underlining how far he has been pushed from formal royal life. The latest claims about hesitation inside the family are based on unnamed sources, while the publicly attributable elements are the palace statements and the record of Andrew's removal from official roles.
