‘I sacked Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – terrible remarks played role’ | Royal | News

It has been alleged that former Prime Minister David Cameron had to sack Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from his position as an ambassador for British trade. The allegation was published in a new book by royal author Robert Hardman about Queen Elizabeth II titled Elizabeth II: In Private, In Public – The Inside Story.

During one chapter, which covers the four-year period between 2012 and 2016, Robert looks at how the then Prime Minister had to inform the late monarch that one of her sons had to stand down due to new information about his relationship with the now-dead convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In the book, the now Lord Cameron said: “I think I was responsible for gently saying to Her Majesty that he had to stand down as a trade envoy. It was all pretty much fixed. But I was just to reference it for the official log. The Queen was worried about him but she could see the logic.”

Lord Cameron added that it wasn’t just Andrew’s relationship with Epstein that was causing issues, but also things that the now-former Duke of York had been saying at crucial events.

He explained: “It had been getting embarrassing. Andrew kept turning up to things and making terrible remarks. I’d seen it myself at Davos, where he was going to his receptions and was just a bit crass. He had his way of doing things and it wasn’t what you wanted.

“He was very good with all the tyrants, but he started being opinionated, saying we were too squeamish about dealing with these people. His speeches would always just have three or four inappropriate things.”

The claim in Mr Hardman’s book about Andrew’s period as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment comes over a month after renewed scrutiny surrounding his past public role and associations began.

Andrew later spent 11 hours in conversations with advisers as officials reviewed matters linked to his time in public duties. He denies any wrongdoing in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.

Away from his past international roles, there has also been interest in Andrew’s living arrangements.

Andrew recently moved to Wood Farm on the Sandringham Estate from the 30-room mansion Royal Lodge, where he had lived for around 20 years.

Andrew is later due to move to Marsh Farm, which sits in a different section of the Sandringham Estate, after it has finished being renovated.

Commenting on the current state of Andrew’s future home, royal author Robert Jobson told The Sun: “It’s been wrecked. I mean, the poor place looked quite nice before. Now with this lump of this sort of Peaky Blinders caravan on the side of it, it’s just dreadful.”

“This was quite a nice sort of country home. It’s just awful now. You know, the way it’s been, you know, I don’t know. I think that when he eventually, if he ever moves in, I mean, you know, it just seems crazy to me what’s been going on.”fp