According to the Sun newspaper on January 13, the Duke of York had traveled to Windsor Castle to meet the Queen.
This may be a rare pain and entanglement in the queen's life. This time, at opposite ends of the balance of interests is her favorite son and the royal dignity that she has worked so hard to preserve for seven decades.
Following the death of the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew was the Queen's staunchest supporter and had also served in the military, flying fighter jets to defend the Queen's territory during the Battle of the Falkland Islands against Argentina.
At that time, the prince who had returned from the triumph was heroic, and the port of Portsmouth was crowded, just to see the prince's dignity. Forty years later, Prince Andrew was once again the focus of discussion in the British, but because of the Queen's decision to deprive him of his rank and royal patronage.
Virginia Giuffre, a civilian woman in the United States, accused the prince of involvement in Epstein's sexual crimes, and although Prince Andrew himself strongly denied it, the court found it necessary to hear the civil dispute between the two sides, so the prince himself had to participate in the trial.
This is not the first time in history that members of the British royal family have been in a crisis of public opinion, in the nineteenth century, there were rumors that Prince Edward's friends were cheating in a baccarat game, and his friends sued the rumor spreaders in court in order to prove their innocence. Since the prince himself was a witness to the poker game and had to testify in court, although he was only present as an eyewitness, the incident was still considered to be detrimental to the dignity of the British Royal Family.
Deeply influenced by her father, the Queen of England has always been committed to safeguarding the dignity of the royal family and the British monarchy since she was crowned queen. Prince Philip has confessed that in order to achieve this goal, the royal family can pay any price, and Prince Andrew is no exception. For the Queen, the decision was undoubtedly painful and tangled, but Prince Andrew had to resolve the crisis as an ordinary person independent of the royal family, or draw a line with the prince before his series of actions cast more shadow over the dignity of the royal family.
Prince Andrew is the queen's favorite child, and his name is derived from Prince Philip's father, "Prince Andrew of Greece". History seems to be reincarnating, The Greek Prince Andrew made great achievements in his youth, but finally failed to live up to people's expectations of him, in his later years with his family, he could only live in Monte Carlo with a few friends and servants, wondering if Prince Andrew could get out of this haze?