King Charles ‘excluded’ Andrew from Jubilee lunch
New claims have resurfaced about tensions between King Charles and his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, with a report revisiting allegations that the monarch sought to marginalise the Duke of York long before the later fallout linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
Daily Mail reported that Prince Andrew was excluded from a 2012 Diamond Jubilee lunch for 700 guests in Westminster Hall and was not seen on the Buckingham Palace balcony afterwards, a move the piece linked to Charles’s long-held view that the monarchy should be streamlined.
The article, by journalist Mr Nigel Cawthorne, also revisits earlier accounts of rivalry between the brothers and cites royal biographer Mr Tom Bower’s claim that Charles suspected Andrew of spreading damaging information about Queen Camilla to the late Queen and Prince Philip during the 1990s.
It adds that Charles was said to have supported Andrew’s withdrawal from public duties after the Duke’s 2019 BBC Newsnight interview, and notes later developments including reported efforts to restrict Andrew’s use of royal styles and honours, with Britpop News previously covering how the King faced pressure to remove Prince Andrew’s remaining titles.
The report comes as the Royal Family continues to manage the long-running reputational impact of Andrew’s past associations, with palace actions and public expectations increasingly focused on accountability and a clearer separation between working royals and those who no longer represent the Crown.
