Why the Late Queen Elizabeth ‘Overlooked’ Her Son Ex-Prince Andrew’s Associations With Jeffrey Epstein
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Many have noticed that ex-Prince Andrew’s life didn’t blow up with the consequences of his actions until well after his mom Queen Elizabeth II died, and many are unveiling how she allegedly “shielded” him from it all. Despite his connections with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations of sexual assault, it wasn’t until the last six months that he started to lose his titles and his home associated with royal life.
Catherine Mayer, the author of Divide and Rule, told People: “Andrew was buffered by the system, his missteps managed quietly or overlooked entirely. Even after concerns began circulating about his association with Epstein, Queen Elizabeth continued to grant him honors and public visibility.”
“She saw no gap between the monarchy and shielding her son,” she added. “One thing was her duty as monarch, and one was her duty as a mother—and she felt that those things were fully aligned.”
So, she allegedly saw it as her motherly duty to protect Andrew, and this checks out when you remember a resurfaced report from 2023.
In excerpts obtained from the book War Of The Windsors: The Inside Story Of Charles, Andrew And The Rivalry That Has Defined The Royal Family by Nigel Cawthorne, many instances raised eyebrows about how Elizabeth and Philip allegedly treated their children differently.
For instance, the book claims that “the first half-hour after breakfast was devoted to baby Andrew. The state boxes could wait. She spent another half-an-hour with him when the nanny Mabel Anderson brought him downstairs mid-morning.”
She even did “his evening feed, his bath and tuck him in – things Charles had been denied.” Cawthorne also added, “It did not have the stern regime of Cheam. The Queen had vetoed Philip sending him there. She wanted her favourite son closer to home.”
It’s all summed up when royal expert David E. Johnson also told Us Weekly, “A lot of people will be saying, ‘Why didn’t [Queen Elizabeth] do more?’ This has been going on for a long time. She looked the other way.”
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