The British Royal Family faced enormous scrutiny at the beginning of the year, as revelation after revelation about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor unravelled. The responsible parties—aside from ex-Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein himself—appeared to be within the Royal Family for their lack of action and enablement. While the King eventually played the ultimate card and removed his brother’s public role, titles, house, and almost everything else, many questioned what took so long.
The unfortunate consequence of pandering to the ex-Prince Andrew is that it reflects poorly on those in charge—namely, the late Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III, who were seen to be “in charge” when Andrew was taking advantage of the institution. Prince William, who was known to be furious with his uncle and insisted on a harsher response to Andrew’s actions, knows that this could affect his future, too.
