Members of the Media Raced to Royal Lodge for a “Statement” from the Royal Family, Only to Have Palace Abruptly Change Course

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends Sunday service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, at Royal Lodge, in Windsor on April 11, 2021, two days after the death of his father Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. - Queen Elizabeth II has described feeling a "huge void in her life" following the death of her husband Prince Philip, their son Prince Andrew said on April 11. Andrew, the couple's second son, said following family prayers at Windsor Castle that his mother was "contemplating" her husband's passing after his death on April 9 aged 99. (Photo by Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEVE PARSONS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images).

Members of the British media flocked to to Windsor on Thursday night amid rumors of an imminent statement from the royal family at Prince Andrew's home, Royal Lodge—only to be told there would be no announcement from the royals after all.

According to the Daily Mail, the rumor seems to have started when "senior BBC journalists were allegedly briefed on Thursday evening that 'something significant' was expected to happen at the Prince's Royal Lodge home."