During Queen Elizabeth’s reign, the Royal Family operated by a simple mantra: “Never complain, never explain.” Even during the tumultuous ‘90s, which were filled with royal divorces and tell-all interviews, the royals largely relied on riding out the storm and knowing the public attention would eventually drift to another scandal. But in the wake of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, that tight-lipped era appears to be over.
Royal expert Phil Dampier told Hello! that the royals can no longer afford to stay quiet when the monarchy is now facing one of its biggest scandals. “The days of 'Never complain, never explain,' have clearly gone,” he said. “They can't just bury their heads in the sand and say we've got nothing to say about this.”
