1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,799 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:02,799 --> 00:00:08,400 Epstein Chronicles. Prince Andrew's downfall has been a long time coming, 3 00:00:08,759 --> 00:00:11,199 and now that the time has arrived, there's a lot 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,519 of questions about what it means. Well, today, in this 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,839 article from the Deli Mail, that's exactly what we're going 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,920 to talk about, as a royal biographer explains what has 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,719 been taken from Prince Andrew, what it all means, and 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,039 where everything goes from here. So why don't we just 9 00:00:29,079 --> 00:00:32,920 dive right into the article and get started. This article 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,399 is from the Deli Mail and the headline Andrew Mount 11 00:00:36,439 --> 00:00:39,479 bound Windsor will have to bow to his daughter's Beatrice 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,079 and Eugenie, says royal expert Robert Hardman as he answers 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,079 all your questions about the disgraced former Duke's future. This 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,960 article was authored by Ruth Stainer. When King Charles stripped 15 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,200 Andrew mount Batton Windsor of his remaining titles and threw 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,679 him out of the Royal Lodge, he left royal watchers 17 00:00:57,719 --> 00:01:02,280 with many unanswered questions. Does the disgrace Duke now have 18 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,599 to bow to his daughter's Princess Eugenie and Beatrice? Having 19 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,120 been exiled from the firm. Will you now finally have 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,480 to apply for a passport? Oh? You mean like the 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,799 rest of us? And I think he should. He probably 22 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,920 has one already. But anything that a regular person in 23 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,519 the UK has to do, that should be what Prince 24 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,239 Andrew's up to, or the former Prince Andrew, I should say, 25 00:01:23,359 --> 00:01:25,040 And I've said it once and I'll say it again. 26 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,640 This dude should have to get a real job like 27 00:01:27,719 --> 00:01:30,159 everybody else. Well, you think the rest of us want 28 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:33,719 to wake up every morning and bust our asses, grind 29 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:36,519 away like there's nothing better to do with our time. 30 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:40,200 It's long overdue that Prince Andrew gets a dose of 31 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:44,280 reality and what now of his ex wife Sarah Ferguson, 32 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,640 who has lived at Royal Lodge with Andrew for many 33 00:01:46,719 --> 00:01:51,439 years despite the couple's divorce In nineteen ninety six. Following 34 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,879 Buckingham Palace's statement, Royal biographer Robert Hartman, author of Charles, 35 00:01:55,879 --> 00:01:59,599 the Third New King, New Court The Inside Story, sat 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,480 down with Delhi Mel's Palace Confidential host Joe Elvin to 37 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:08,680 analyze the implications of the monarch's unprecedented move. Mister Hardman 38 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,120 described Charles as the Fountain of Justice and liken the 39 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:15,080 King's decision to strip Andrew of his honors and titles 40 00:02:15,199 --> 00:02:18,560 to effectively categorizing him in the same way as war 41 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,639 criminals and enemies of the state. That's true, there's no 42 00:02:23,719 --> 00:02:27,319 bs there. I mean, historically speaking, when this happens to 43 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,280 somebody of the stature of Prince Andrew, it usually means 44 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,680 that you have engaged in treason. Now, obviously this is 45 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,039 in treason at least that we know of, but it's 46 00:02:37,039 --> 00:02:39,840 certainly bad for the firm, and it's not good for 47 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,840 the monarchy as a whole. And the fact that Prince 48 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:47,199 Andrew has been out here and still, you know, pleading 49 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:50,759 his case when everybody knows the truth is one of 50 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,719 the main drivers for him being disgraced the way he is. 51 00:02:54,039 --> 00:02:56,199 If he would have just went away after all of 52 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,520 this first came out, never did the BBC interview just 53 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,599 folded into the background, he would still be protected by 54 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,439 the Crown and by the royal family. But because he 55 00:03:05,479 --> 00:03:07,960 refused to do that, he wanted to still be out 56 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,240 there jet setting and make him pretend une this happened. Well, 57 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,280 now he's finally paying the piper, explaining the logistics behind 58 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,560 Charles's decision. Mister Hardman said the King has exercised as 59 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:24,080 royal prerogative with parliamentary and government approval. He's talked to 60 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,879 the Prime Ministers about this, answering listener questions. He also 61 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,719 broke down what Andrew's future might hold and the fate 62 00:03:30,759 --> 00:03:33,919 of the British monarchy in the eye opening installment of 63 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:38,719 Palace Confidential Question number one, What exactly has been taken 64 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:42,879 away from Andrew? According to Buckingham Palace's statement on October thirty, 65 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:45,680 first Trick or Treat, the ex Duke has now been 66 00:03:45,719 --> 00:03:49,000 stripped of his style of hrh his titles as Duke 67 00:03:49,039 --> 00:03:52,319 and Prince, alongside two honors Knight of the Garter and 68 00:03:52,439 --> 00:03:56,000 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. Boy, there 69 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,280 sure are a lot of orders over there, huh night 70 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,599 this night at Lafongoul. It added that Prince Andrew will 71 00:04:03,639 --> 00:04:06,599 now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and that he 72 00:04:06,639 --> 00:04:09,680 has been exiled from Windsor's Royal Lodge with a disgraced 73 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:14,080 ex Duke now set to move to alternative accommodation should 74 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,160 be a flat in the middle of London, and he 75 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:18,120 should have to pay for all of it. If that 76 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:20,879 means getting a job, well so be it. Why is 77 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,079 it anybody else's issue or problem that Prince Andrew's having 78 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,079 a tough time. He never cared about anybody else. Why 79 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,199 should anybody care about him? Formal notice has also been 80 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,079 served on Andrew the vacate Royal Lodge, the thirty bedroom 81 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,959 residents he's occupied since two thousand and eight, following mounting 82 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,680 public pressure over his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. And 83 00:04:42,759 --> 00:04:45,759 not just that again. Look, Prince Andrew has a lot 84 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,160 of his own bullshit that he's gotten up to, and 85 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,120 most of it has to do with him being greedy 86 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:58,000 and well, being a sweaty nonce. But being greedy especially two, 87 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,959 how will Princess Beatrice and Eugeni he be affected? Andrew's 88 00:05:01,959 --> 00:05:05,000 two children, whom he shares with his ex wife Sarah Ferguson, 89 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,040 are likely to remain unaffected by the King's unprecedented decision. 90 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,279 Mister Hardman explained they are still Princesses and hrh because 91 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:16,839 they are the children of the son of a reigning monarch. 92 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,040 All along, the King and other members of the family 93 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,480 have been concerned that the sins of the family do 94 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,480 not befall them. They are blameless. They have led a 95 00:05:25,519 --> 00:05:28,639 pretty upright life and are level headed and very nice 96 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,800 young women. And look, I do not disagree with that. 97 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:33,519 I don't have beef with them. I don't have any 98 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:37,199 problem with them at all. Honestly, the sins of the 99 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,560 father aren't drop down to the sins of the child, 100 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:41,879 at least not for me. Now. If they were up 101 00:05:41,879 --> 00:05:44,519 to some bullshit, that would be a different story. And look, 102 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,240 I'm not talking about what they're doing now, I'm talking 103 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:51,560 about strictly as far as Epstein goes. I have no 104 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,399 idea what Beatrice or Eugenie are doing these days, no clue. 105 00:05:57,079 --> 00:06:00,519 Never even looked into it, because it really doesn't move 106 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,079 the needle with the overall conversation that we're having, So 107 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,160 I've never really seen the need to drag Beatrice and 108 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:11,560 Eugenie into the conversation. However, he added that they are 109 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,279 unlikely to take on any further duties, instead acting predominantly 110 00:06:15,319 --> 00:06:18,399 as essentially private citizens who are related to the king 111 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,399 and occasionally turn up at royal events. Well, it's time 112 00:06:22,439 --> 00:06:25,600 to pare the monarchy down right. And I'm saying this 113 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,199 as a outside observer. Obviously, I don't live in the UK, 114 00:06:29,959 --> 00:06:32,240 so I don't have the attachment to the royal family 115 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,240 that some people might. But for me it seems like 116 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,000 a slim down monarchy is the way to go, because 117 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,399 as far as I'm concerned, the less bureaucrats the better. 118 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,480 While the House of York has now become essentially dormant, 119 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:47,639 the King has an essence created new rules which include 120 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:50,959 the protection of Beatrice thirty seven and Eugenie thirty five 121 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,240 as princesses of York. As daughters of the son of 122 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,480 a sovereign, the sisters retain their titles in line with 123 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,000 King George the fifth Lefe Letters Patent of nineteen seventeen three. 124 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:05,759 Will Andrew now have to bow to his own daughters 125 00:07:06,519 --> 00:07:09,079 as Andrew is no longer a prince but instead a commoner. 126 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,800 Mister Hardman confirmed that yes, he probably will have to 127 00:07:12,839 --> 00:07:15,680 bow to his own daughters, given that they retained their 128 00:07:15,759 --> 00:07:19,160 royal titles. Yet the royal biographer is convinced that Andrew 129 00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:22,120 is unlikely to bow happily and is likely dreading the 130 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,240 moment that he will be publicly addressed. Is simply Andrew 131 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,560 rather than Prince Andrew. That's going to be a whole 132 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,279 lass bucket of cold water for this clown, when from 133 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,600 living the high life of being the queen's favorite son 134 00:07:34,959 --> 00:07:38,639 to now being persona non grata, the kind of guy 135 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:42,800 nobody even wants to be around, never mind associate with. Well, 136 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:46,759 maybe the lady of Victoia Hovey, but besides that, I 137 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:48,879 don't think anybody wants to be around this dude, not 138 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,600 even Fergie. Will the former prince now need to get 139 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:56,279 his own passport. Andrew Will already have a passport, though 140 00:07:56,319 --> 00:08:00,160 mister Hardman estimated he is unlikely to be doing much traveling. 141 00:08:00,839 --> 00:08:04,800 Reports had previously speculated that Andrew could be persuaded to 142 00:08:04,839 --> 00:08:07,600 set up home in a ten million pound luxury villa 143 00:08:07,839 --> 00:08:12,519 in Abu Dhabi's royal family fortified to stay Andy of Arabia. Baby, 144 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,879 can you imagine? And that's why I put forward that 145 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,360 scenario yesterday. Bro's out here acting the fool. I can't 146 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,160 even imagine this dude in Arabia. What he should do 147 00:08:22,439 --> 00:08:24,800 is have a reality TV show follow him and just 148 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,079 call that shit Andy in Arabia. Who's not tuning into that? 149 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,360 I mean, we're talking about a car crash waiting to happen. 150 00:08:31,639 --> 00:08:34,080 I know, I know never gonna happen, But a guy 151 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,799 can dream, can he And mister Hardman has not ruled 152 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,159 out a form of actual exile for the disgraced former Prints, 153 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,840 adding there's only so long somebody can sit on a 154 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:47,159 farm in Norfolk. I mean when you're somebody like Andrew 155 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,840 who's used to jet setting and traveling all over the 156 00:08:49,879 --> 00:08:53,039 world and having everybody bow down to you, Yeah, that 157 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,919 has to be a bit of a shock, and I 158 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,120 doubt he'll end up staying there forever. Speculating where Andrew 159 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,039 could choose to base himself away from the eyes of 160 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,639 the world and palace walls, the royal experts said Saudi 161 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,399 Arabia springs to mind. It has a fairly good record 162 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,279 on taking on waifs and strays nobody else wants. Yeah, 163 00:09:12,279 --> 00:09:14,679 if your checkbook is right, if you have the right 164 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,159 amount of money, then yes, Saudi Arabia is like Flanders 165 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,320 in the year ten sixty six. If you have enough dough, 166 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,360 they're going to offer you protection. Will Andrew loses his 167 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,879 position as Counselor of State and could the line of 168 00:09:26,919 --> 00:09:31,399 succession be modified. At this present moment, Andrew technically remains 169 00:09:31,399 --> 00:09:34,360 a counselor of state, meaning that he could be authorized 170 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,000 to carry out the sovereign's official duties if they were 171 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,559 unable to do so. Yo, can you imagine that shit 172 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:43,159 disgrace Prince Andrew posted up on the throne while the 173 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:47,080 king is caught up doing whatever. Talk about bad optics, 174 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,879 talk about things that are never going to happen. This 175 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,440 change therefore prevents Andrew, alongside his nephew Prince Harry, from 176 00:09:55,519 --> 00:09:59,080 fulfilling such a responsibility if the situation were to arise. 177 00:09:59,519 --> 00:10:02,960 Mister Hart estimated there's a slim chance Andrew will no 178 00:10:03,039 --> 00:10:05,720 longer be considered a counselor of state, as it doesn't 179 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,000 need to happen and is not something that matters. And 180 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:11,799 While he stressed that one should never say never given 181 00:10:11,799 --> 00:10:15,840 the unprecedented nature of Andrew's titles being relinquished, he noted 182 00:10:16,159 --> 00:10:18,519 that it would be rather unlikely that the line of 183 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:22,120 succession would be modified in this instance, given Andrew his 184 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,879 eighth in line for the throne. He pointedly added, if 185 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,320 the point came where the only choice was to have 186 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,440 Andrew on the throne, I think that would be the 187 00:10:30,519 --> 00:10:34,720 end of the monarchy. Yeah, I think so. Can you 188 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:39,159 imagine the English people showing up to the Buckingham Palace 189 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:44,960 gates going bananas. What will happen to Sarah Ferguson and 190 00:10:45,039 --> 00:10:48,399 could hurt and Andrew now live apart. Sarah Ferguson, also 191 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,360 known as Fergie, only received a royal title through her 192 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,919 marriage to Andrew in eighty six, and will now be 193 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:58,279 known as playing Sarah Ferguson in any official capacities. Her 194 00:10:58,399 --> 00:11:00,919 Duchess of York title was the only connection to the 195 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,759 royal family Fergie had retained after she divorced Andrew in 196 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,919 ninety six and cease being a Royal Highness. Despite their 197 00:11:08,919 --> 00:11:11,799 divorce in ninety six, the couple continue to live together 198 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,559 at the lavish thirty bedroom Royal Lodge at Windsor Well. 199 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,000 Why would Fergie leave? Talk about the world's greatest grift. 200 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,639 But unlike Andrew, who will move on to the property 201 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,720 on the private Sandringham estate, Fergie will make her own arrangements. 202 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,799 It's understood like it's going to be a big issue 203 00:11:30,879 --> 00:11:34,240 for her. Daughters are loaded. She's loaded. I don't want 204 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,240 to hear she's broke. I don't buy that. And I'm 205 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,440 sure she's gonna end up on her feet unlike the 206 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,559 rest of us. Imagine you get booted out of your 207 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,440 house right now. That would be fun. Huh. And my 208 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,720 guess is nobody's brother is going to be riding in 209 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:53,320 and offering you an estate at Sandringham. It marks a 210 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,000 bitter end for Andrew and Sarah, the former Duchess, who 211 00:11:56,039 --> 00:11:59,279 once told the Deli Mail We're the happiest divorced couple 212 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,320 in the world. Were divorced to each other, not from 213 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,600 each other. But mister Hardman is not convinced that we 214 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:08,200 have seen the last of Fergie, explaining that we could 215 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,519 see the former Duchess reinvent herself and perhaps come back 216 00:12:11,759 --> 00:12:14,399 and enter into the form of charity work. I highly 217 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:18,639 doubt that. Considering what her email stated to Jeffrey Epstein, 218 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,200 I highly doubt any charity work is in her future. However, 219 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,200 given the email revelations by The Mail on Sunday, which 220 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,080 exposed her close friendship with pedophile Epstein, the Royal Expert 221 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,320 made it clear that she will not be going back 222 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,600 into the field of children's books. Yeah, probably not. That's 223 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,360 like get nell for cannibalism and then trying to become 224 00:12:39,399 --> 00:12:43,399 some kind of food critic. The former duchess apologize to 225 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,919 prolific pedophile financier Epstein in April of twenty eleven, less 226 00:12:47,919 --> 00:12:50,480 than two months after telling journalists I will never have 227 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,200 anything to do with Epstein again on the same live 228 00:12:53,279 --> 00:12:56,679 bus that her husband was on. Shouldn't shock anybody. Two 229 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:02,120 birds of a feather after all. Addressing her supreme friend 230 00:13:02,159 --> 00:13:04,120 in an email from the Truth of my Heart, she 231 00:13:04,279 --> 00:13:07,440 humbly apologized to the convicted sex offender for letting him down, 232 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,799 adding that she had been told to speak out if 233 00:13:10,799 --> 00:13:13,320 she wanted to save her career as a children's author. 234 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,519 Before the scandalous revelations, Fergie was due to release her 235 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,080 latest children's book, titled Flora and Kern Kindness along the 236 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,960 Way on October ninth. It has since been delayed. Well, 237 00:13:25,039 --> 00:13:27,519 that's a shaka who though, wants to buy a children's 238 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:30,639 book from somebody that's been a penpal to Jeffrey Epstein 239 00:13:30,919 --> 00:13:34,759 and who's accepted Jeffrey Epstein's largess and was hanging around them. 240 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,720 I'm sure parents worldwider racing out to purchase that. Can 241 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:43,960 Andrew now vote? While highly unprecedented move, Andrew could choose 242 00:13:44,039 --> 00:13:46,960 to shift from palace to politics as he is indeed 243 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,600 able to vote. Mister Hartman stress that though it's unlikely 244 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:53,559 he would vote, he could stand for the local council 245 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,039 in Norfolk and do something useful. Making light of a 246 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,960 scenario in which former Prints could stand for a role 247 00:14:00,159 --> 00:14:02,559 in public office, he added, I'm not sure he'd get 248 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,279 many votes. Yeah, highly doubt anyone's voting for Prince Andrew. 249 00:14:08,159 --> 00:14:11,320 What will happen to Andrew's royal protection and how will 250 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,360 it be funded? Since being stripped of his royal titles? 251 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,879 Who remains unclear how Andrew will be protected as he's 252 00:14:17,879 --> 00:14:21,039 no longer remains a part of the firm. However, mister 253 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,679 Hardman stresses that given his non existent role as a 254 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,799 working royal undertaking any public engagements, he doesn't really need 255 00:14:29,039 --> 00:14:32,679 or have any security. He added that it's unlikely scenario 256 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,519 that he was going into any so called public facing 257 00:14:35,519 --> 00:14:38,639 interactions there would likely be somebody there to keep an 258 00:14:38,639 --> 00:14:41,080 eye on him, given that there is a heightened risk. 259 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,720 He's pretty well insulated from the outside world and I 260 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,440 wouldn't imagine that that's going to change, he explained. Well, 261 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,639 I'm sure that there's going to be some sort of security, 262 00:14:50,919 --> 00:14:53,480 but as long as it's being funded by somebody besides 263 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:58,600 the taxpayer. Then cool did the Queen protect Andrew Despite 264 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,759 her beloved son being gradually embroiled by the Epstein scandal 265 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:03,919 In the final years of her life and reign, The 266 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,840 late Queen was perceived by some to have protected the 267 00:15:06,879 --> 00:15:10,639 former Duke. Yes, she did, without a doubt, without a question, 268 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,480 with many describing him as her favorite. Mister Hartman explained 269 00:15:15,519 --> 00:15:18,799 that the late monarch saw he was the most vulnerable 270 00:15:18,799 --> 00:15:21,360 of all the children and took pity on Andrew as 271 00:15:21,399 --> 00:15:25,080 he's your classic spare. He added, the Queen was very 272 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,279 sympathetic to spars. She could see that being number one 273 00:15:28,519 --> 00:15:31,519 came with all sorts of privileges that she herself enjoyed, 274 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,679 and being runner up leaves you more exposed. Imagine that's 275 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,639 your biggest problem on the spare to the air. Let 276 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,559 me tell you about growing up in the South Bronx. 277 00:15:40,759 --> 00:15:42,879 Let me tell you about growing up on the east 278 00:15:42,919 --> 00:15:45,399 side of Las Vegas. And I'm supposed to have sympathy 279 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,799 because this dude was born as the second born son 280 00:15:48,279 --> 00:15:52,399 of the Queen of England. Yeah right, not now, not ever. 281 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,960 If you're the sort of slightly gullible impressionable in his case, 282 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,600 feckless individual that makes you pray for the likes of 283 00:15:59,679 --> 00:16:03,279 Jeffrey Epstein. I don't like that narrative either. This man 284 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,559 knew exactly what he was doing, who he was doing 285 00:16:05,559 --> 00:16:08,639 it with, and chose to do it anyway. We're not 286 00:16:08,679 --> 00:16:11,559 going to set Prince Andrew up as just some oakie 287 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,440 doak stupid ass. He had all the power in the world, 288 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:18,519 and not only that, he was warned about Jeffrey Epstein 289 00:16:18,639 --> 00:16:22,039 and what Jeffrey Epstein was. He ignored those warnings. Why 290 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,159 because it benefited him. The royal expert described how it 291 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:28,919 had been very painful for the late Queen to effectively 292 00:16:28,919 --> 00:16:31,879 stirp Andrew of all of his honorary military titles in 293 00:16:31,919 --> 00:16:35,360 twenty twenty two, adding the Queen had to do some 294 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:38,639 very tough things, but clearly things had to go further, 295 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,159 and now they have. What she tried to do was 296 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,919 kill the whole entire argument by going just far enough 297 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:48,480 when she should have went all the way. And that 298 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,080 was the criticism at the time, and people said that 299 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,639 it was going to come back to bite the royal 300 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:56,519 family directly in the ass. And here we are explaining 301 00:16:56,559 --> 00:16:59,039 why King Charles decided to go one step further than 302 00:16:59,039 --> 00:17:01,519 his mother. He said, I think this has been a 303 00:17:01,519 --> 00:17:04,240 long time coming. It's been brought to a head by 304 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,480 the news in the Mail on Sunday and subsequent revelations. 305 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,440 I think that accelerated things, But the main issue is 306 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,880 that this is gaining momentum. I think you have an 307 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,680 MPs in Parliament saying it's time to look at the 308 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,319 whole issue of the monarchy. When you have that kind 309 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:21,759 of atmosphere, you've got to move fast. And that's what 310 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:24,880 he's done. Was Charles's delay in taking action due to 311 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,359 a possible fear of hurting his brother. For mister Hartman, 312 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,920 there is no doubt that Charles banishing Andrew from royal 313 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,880 life will have been the hardest decision of his reign. However, 314 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,759 he added, when your monarch, your loyalty to the institution 315 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,640 outweighs your loyalty to individuals. The lay Queen found it 316 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,160 incredibly difficult to essentially force him to leave public life. 317 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,200 For her, she was a Princess of York, her father 318 00:17:48,559 --> 00:17:50,880 was Duke of York. It was such a precious thing 319 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,359 to her and she was so pleased to give it 320 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,880 to him. On his wedding day. Suddenly it became tainted. 321 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,480 Andrew took on a lot of things that Philip had 322 00:17:59,519 --> 00:18:02,720 relinquished during his retirement and then his death. For the 323 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:05,319 Queen to have to watch all that being unraveled was 324 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,319 very painful. And I told you then and i'll tell 325 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,240 you now. Prince Andrew drove the Queen to her grave, 326 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:17,079 and he's driving Charles there too. As far as she 327 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,279 was concerned, things had reached rock bottom. Of course, there's 328 00:18:20,319 --> 00:18:23,759 now been a much longer, deeper drop. He added that 329 00:18:23,799 --> 00:18:26,880 while Charles and Andrew undoubtedly had a close relationship in 330 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,799 their early days of marriage, explaining that the late Princess 331 00:18:29,839 --> 00:18:33,119 Diana brought them together over a lunch at Windsor where 332 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,079 they happily enjoy chocolate. The King is a wise guy, 333 00:18:36,279 --> 00:18:38,559 and here's what's going on. He would have picked up 334 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:41,240 on a grave line when these ambassadors were rolling their 335 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:43,960 eyes and tearing their hair out because Andrew was doing 336 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,480 something stupid. Mister Hardman explained, Yeah, there was a lot 337 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,400 of stuff going on with the ambassadors and other people 338 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,759 that work with Andrew and the government who weren't happy 339 00:18:53,759 --> 00:18:56,440 with the way he conducted himself, and that was something 340 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,160 that was going on for quite some time. Could the 341 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,880 King give the Duke of York title to anybody else? 342 00:19:02,519 --> 00:19:04,720 While the King is technically free to do so, mister 343 00:19:04,759 --> 00:19:07,759 Hardman stressed that it's highly unlikely that the York title 344 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,920 will be given to anybody else while other descendants of 345 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,799 the last dukedom remain alive. I think it's going to 346 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,519 the title cupboard and we'll stay there for a very 347 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:20,400 long time, he added, explaining how the title will likely 348 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,519 remain dormant for this generation. The royal biographer stated that 349 00:19:24,519 --> 00:19:26,559 it could make a comeback at some point in the future, 350 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,960 particularly given it belonged to some honorable royals, including the 351 00:19:31,039 --> 00:19:34,599 late Queen's father, George the Fifth. And I really have 352 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,839 nothing to add there because I don't really understand how 353 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,559 all the titles work over in the UK as far 354 00:19:39,599 --> 00:19:41,920 as who gets them who doesn't get them, So we'll 355 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,000 just go with what the author has to say here. 356 00:19:44,079 --> 00:19:48,440 What mister Hardman has to say was Prince Andrew persuaded 357 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,240 to leave Royal Lodge or did he vacate happily? While 358 00:19:52,319 --> 00:19:55,480 mere speculation about what truly occurred behind the scenes, Mister 359 00:19:55,519 --> 00:19:58,759 Hardman argued that Andrew may likely have been persuaded to 360 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,160 leave the royal mansion, haven't been left with no alternative. 361 00:20:02,759 --> 00:20:04,920 He added, the King had offered him a very good deal, 362 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,599 which was to move out of the Royal Lodge, retain 363 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,119 his allowance and live in Frogmore Cottage quietly, but Andrew 364 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,000 turned it down. Boy, I wish somebody would show that 365 00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:17,799 deal for me. Sure, I'll move wherever you want. You're 366 00:20:17,839 --> 00:20:22,079 paying me how much? Cool I'm in? I think that 367 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,279 he has now realized that those bills are beyond payment. 368 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,720 Whatever residual prospects he had of a business career has 369 00:20:28,799 --> 00:20:32,519 gone in the last few weeks. It was just long term. 370 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:35,279 It was completely unfeasible for him to stay there. He 371 00:20:35,319 --> 00:20:37,200 had his offer a year ago and turned it down. 372 00:20:37,599 --> 00:20:41,200 What's changed now is public opinion and the latest revelations 373 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,160 that he hadn't been telling the whole truth have materially 374 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:48,000 changed the King's view and everybody else's point of view. Well, 375 00:20:48,079 --> 00:20:50,000 if you guys would have been paying attention, you would 376 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,440 have known that he's been lying the whole time. I mean, 377 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,160 it's not like we were just pulling it out of 378 00:20:55,160 --> 00:21:00,200 thin air. The evidence was right there for you to follow. Sure, 379 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,599 a lot of it was circumstantial. But when you add 380 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,359 up all that circumstantial evidence while, you get to a 381 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,319 place where it becomes almost irrefutable. And that's the place 382 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,119 we arrived when we're talking about dumbass Andrew. So people 383 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,480 might be shocked, but anyone who's been paying attention seen 384 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:22,599 this come in a mile away. Describing Sandringham as akin 385 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,680 to the shed at the bottom of your garden, he 386 00:21:24,799 --> 00:21:27,960 explained that Andrew has now become a mere tenant rather 387 00:21:28,039 --> 00:21:32,200 than a prince bestowed with the luxurious confines of a palace. Ah, 388 00:21:32,319 --> 00:21:37,240 poor Andrew doesn't have a palace anymore. What happens next 389 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,440 for Andrew It remains unknown how Andrew is feeling towards 390 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,799 his brother's decision to publicly strip him of his royal titles, 391 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,480 but the Royal biographer suggested it would have been a 392 00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:51,039 bitter appill to swallow in a particularly acute sign of 393 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:54,160 his unwavering love for his position in the firm. The 394 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,920 former prince was even said to have flown his royal 395 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:01,799 standard above the house. Now this has all irrevocably changed 396 00:22:01,799 --> 00:22:05,279 for Andrew. I don't think he'll be flying any standard 397 00:22:05,319 --> 00:22:08,720 above the tenant property in Norfolk, if indeed it even 398 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,359 has a flagpole. Maybe in the privacy of his own 399 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,480 home he still put on his garter robes and walk 400 00:22:13,519 --> 00:22:16,599 around the garden. The royal expert added, when you were 401 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,119 within the royal world, things like honor really matter. That 402 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,519 mantlepiece is going to be very bare. Imagine that's what 403 00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:26,640 your whole life was about. What sort of honorifics could 404 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,000 be bestowed upon you by your mom and your dad. 405 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,759 As Andrew is set to begin his new life in Sandringham, 406 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:39,000 it remains unclear how exactly the monarchy will be subsequently transformed. 407 00:22:39,519 --> 00:22:42,279 Yet the writing is seemingly on the wall where King 408 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:46,240 Charles stands as the monarch appears unafraid to put principle 409 00:22:46,279 --> 00:22:49,799 and duty over brotherly ties. Well, his hand has been forced. 410 00:22:50,279 --> 00:22:52,119 Could have done this years ago, could have done this 411 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,440 right after he took the throne. He didn't do it, 412 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,759 So let's not give him all the credit here. I 413 00:22:57,839 --> 00:23:00,200 give the credit to the people in the UK. You 414 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,400 force this shit to happen, Give yourselves a pat on 415 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,960 the back. Ultimately, as mister Hardman explains, the King's decision 416 00:23:07,279 --> 00:23:11,000 enacted last week indicates a rather clearer precedent if you 417 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,200 seriously let down the royal side, then these things that 418 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,039 over the years members of the family took for granted 419 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,119 can be taken away. And from my perspective, the only 420 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,839 question I have is what took so long? Because this 421 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:27,039 was always the inevitable result, and the fact that they 422 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,880 dragged it out is something that's going to be studied 423 00:23:30,039 --> 00:23:33,880 throughout history. The second that these allegations popped out, the 424 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,759 second that Prince Andrew paid that settlement, that should have 425 00:23:36,799 --> 00:23:39,119 been the final nill in the coffin of his disgrace. 426 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,240 But he was still out here, still doing his things, 427 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:45,599 still running around, still carrying his titles. And now it's 428 00:23:45,599 --> 00:23:49,559 all come crashing down in spectacular fashion. And now all 429 00:23:49,599 --> 00:23:52,319 that's left to do for the Royal family is to 430 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,160 clean up the mess. All of the information that goes 431 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,160 with this episode can be found in the description box.