The ex-wife has always been the husband’s first champion, and his return to court is not accidental. But the queen has already put aside affection, to keep the institution separate
It is no coincidence that while in New York the Epstein case called into question Prince Andrew with the accusations of Virginia Giuffre (he always declared himself a stranger to the facts), the queen’s son was with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, for the first time time after many years, readmitted to the palace. In Balmoral, where the queen moved at the beginning of the week for her usual summer holidays.
Sarah, despite the marriage that ended in 1996, has always been Andrea’s strongest supporter. And he has shown it on many occasions. When the Courier service he met her on the eve of his daughter Eugenie’s wedding, he said he heard Andrea every day. Several times a day, he is always with me, he always supports my projects … when we got married he gave voice to my thoughts. Surprisingly, she said to me: I am a lucky woman, I married the man I loved and we have always tried to keep our family together.
Deep blue eyes, Red Fergie now on the shelves with her first historical novel (which did not convince critics because it was too cheesy), the ex-wife of Queen Elizabeth II’s third child, told us to always talk to my heart, I say what I think, not what they suggest me to say …. So even the day after the ex-husband’s uncomfortable interview with the BBC on the Epstein case, his words had been unequivocal: It is so rare to meet people that are able to speak from their hearts with honesty + pure real truth. In short, enough to show her full support to her husband who had had the courage to face the cameras.
Enough to confirm that between Sarah and Andrea there was already a new understanding, so much so that many in the royal entourage have imagined for years a rapprochement that will lead, who knows, even to a new wedding? The third, at this point, in the York house in a short time. After those of Eugenie and those of the eldest daughter Beatrice with the Italian Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: the first Royal wedding in a time of pandemic, the last for Prince Philip. And now the ex-wife of Prince Andrew confirms all his support, calling him a thoroughly good man, a good and honest man. More: A fabulous grandfather.
So for Sarah the private doors of the palace in Balmoral reopen. While for Prince Andrew – always beloved by Queen Elizabeth – the career of Her Majesty’s special representative for international trade has already ended, a role that must be said has always played with the skill of a global manager. But also any real, official post. Having put aside her affection for her son, Elizabeth put the institution in front of her. To be preserved at any cost.
Result: the crown and mother’s affection now go their separate ways. The same choice made also in Spain by King Felipe VI with the King Emeritus Juan Carlos trapped by the sentimental affair with the blonde noblewoman Corinna Larsen (in Wittgenstein) and by dubious business. Objective: for Elisabetta as for Felipe, to prevent the shadows of doubt, of illicit conduct, from obscuring the transparency of the institution.
With a substantial difference for: Andrea is not part of the first line of succession to the throne, firmly garrisoned by Charles and then William, then George … and the streamlining path of the monarchy that Charles supported by Elizabeth has in mind will help keep the destiny of Andrea is right from that of the Windsors.
August 11, 2021 (change August 11, 2021 | 22:54)
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