THE Queen was forced to take swift action against Prince Andrew after the Duke’s shameful Newsnight interview, a royal expert claims.
The 96-year-old monarch moved to “protect the institution” in 2019 when the Duke of York faced a widespread public backlash over his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Matters were made worse when he opted to appear in a now-infamous BBC interview – where he claimed he is unable to sweat and was in a Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey on a night accuser Virginia Giuffre alleges he had sex with her.
Now, a Royal correspondent and expert has revealed Her Maj was forced to act quickly to protect the Firm from the “seismic” damage from the ill-fated interview.
Writing for The Times, Valentine Low revealed: “The Queen is there to protect the institution of the Royal Family and she will do that above all else. We saw this with Prince Andrew.”
Mr Low continued: “The damage from that was immediate and seismic.
“It was a very small number of days before he was stepping down from his royal duties.
“He went from a working Prince in the Royal Family to nothing.”
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