Prince Andrew Reportedly ‘Cried’ When King Charles Dropped The News That He Was Fired As A Working Royal, Yikes!
November 11, 2022 by Maria Pierides
King Charles was reportedly the one who told younger brother Prince Andrew that he could never return to his life as a working royal, just days before their mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, passed away in September, which reportedly left him “blindsided” and “bereft.”
King Charles, 73, delivered the news about his 62-year-old brother’s future during what has been described as a tense face-to-face meeting at the then Prince of Wales’ Birkhall estate in Scotland, which reportedly “blindsided” Prince Andrew and caused him to break down in tears. He was also reportedly reduced to tears a few weeks later when he – along with 38-year-old nephew Prince Harry who is also not regarded as a working royal since he and Meghan Markle, 41, stepped down in 2020 – was banned from wearing his military uniform to the Queen’s funeral.
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According to The Mail on Sunday, a Buckingham Palace insider said that the discussions between the two brothers were “emotional and fraught,” as the King told his brother he could never return to working royal life, with onlookers saying that the Duke of York “came out of the meeting shaken. He is still in shock. He is completely lost and very depressed.” The palace source added: “Until the face-to-face meeting with his brother, Andrew believed that there was a way back – that somehow he could be rehabilitated and play a role in The Firm going forward.”