Prince Andrew simply can not seem to catch a break.
After a scandal-ridden 2024, the brand new 12 months hasn’t supplied a lot reprieve for the embattled royal. Instead, it’s delivered one other blow that possible hit near house.
Once a key determine in royal circles, Andrew has seen his public life unravel since his notorious 2019 Newsnight interview.
The fallout pressured him to retreat from official duties, and in January 2022, the late Queen stripped him of his army titles and patronages.
More not too long ago, King Charles tightened the purse strings by chopping his royal allowance and nudged him towards vacating Royal Lodge for a smaller property.
To high it off, the Duke of York was notably absent from the household’s Christmas celebrations at Sandringham, reportedly as a result of his hyperlinks to an alleged Chinese spy.
Now, Andrew’s woes have prolonged to his personal yard. Despite residing only a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle, he was excluded from a prestigious dinner honoring his alma mater, an occasion attended by none apart from his sister, Princess Anne.
“I’m positive the Duke would have liked to have attended the dinner if he had been invited,” a pal of Andrew’s informed The Daily Mail’s Richard Eden.
Gordonstoun boasts a powerful lineup of alumni, together with two generations of British royalty.
Prince Philip, King Charles, and Prince Edward all handed by way of its hallowed halls, and the college even attracted non-royal elite, together with David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, and Jason Connery, son of Sir Sean Connery.
Princess Anne, though not a Gordonstoun graduate herself—it didn’t admit women till 1972—has lengthy been a champion of the college.
She and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, despatched their kids, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, to observe of their grandfather’s footsteps.
