{"id":2028440,"date":"2025-09-17T08:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2028440"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:47:16","slug":"this-looks-like-a-very-frosty-transaction-prince-andrew-brutally-iced-out-by-king-charles-and-prince-william-at-royal-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/this-looks-like-a-very-frosty-transaction-prince-andrew-brutally-iced-out-by-king-charles-and-prince-william-at-royal-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This looks like a very frosty transaction\u2019: Prince Andrew brutally iced out by King Charles and Prince William at royal funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-primary\" data-area=\"story-primary\" style=\"grid-area:story-primary\">\n<div class=\"description g_font-long-format\">\n<p>Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson received a frosty response from the royal family as they defiantly attended the Duchess of Kent&#8217;s funeral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katharine, the wife of the late Queen&#8217;s cousin the Duke of Kent, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/katharine-duchess-of-kents-coffin-arrives-at-westminster-cathedral-for-catholic-rites-ahead-of-royal-funeral\/news-story\/3f6163735557f78b9e321e0150c4d067\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"3f6163735557f78b9e321e0150c4d067\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">died peacefully last week aged 92<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Kent was a Catholic and her funeral was the first requiem mass for a member of the Royal Family in modern history.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles, Prince William, Princess Catherine and much of the extended royal family attended the funeral, including the Duke and Duchess of York.<\/p>\n<p>However, Queen Camilla was forced to pull out after suffering from acute sinusitis.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of York and his ex-wife was given a prominent position in the front row as he joined other members of the Royal Family for the private memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Fergie \u2013 who was persona non grata at royal occasions for decades after her 1996 divorce \u2013 looked pleased to be given the full royal treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Her appearance at the service comes months after she was granted access into the royal box at Wimbledon for the first time in decades.<\/p>\n<p>But the cold English winter appeared to come early for Andrew and Fergie, who were largely ignored by the royal family during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the cathedral, awkward photos show senior royals visibly displeased, possibly due to Andrew\u2019s presence at the sombre occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The King looked less than impressed after Andrew jockeyed himself between Charles and William in full view of photographers.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Edinburgh, one of the UK\u2019s most popular royals, turned away from her disgraced brother-in-law, possibly to avoid meeting his gaze. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bizarrely, the Duke also broke into laughter while standing next to Prince William, who looked visibly uncomfortable and embarrassed next to his uncle.<\/p>\n<p>According to body language expert Judi James, William was attempting to \u201creject\u201d any conversation with Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Duke of York tries to engage his nephew in a good-humoured chat and all William\u2019s non-verbal responses suggest awkwardness and a subliminal desire to reject the overtures, making this look like a very frosty transaction,\u201d she told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>While neither of the Yorks carry out any official duties on behalf of the monarchy, the happily divorced pair continue to show up at some royal events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vms module \" vms-page-type=\"article\" vms-embedcode=\"5348771529001-6378567960112\" vms-title=\"Katharine the Duchess of Kent dies aged 92\" vms-caption=\"Katharine the Duchess of Kent has passed away at the age of 92.\">\n<div class=\"poster\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Duke of York\u2019s insistence on showing up at public occasions has created a public relations nightmare for the palace.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-airbrushed-from-official-photos-taken-during-easter-matins-service-at-st-georges-chapel\/news-story\/8ad42ccd70b9d2843235ba86de272dcc\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"8ad42ccd70b9d2843235ba86de272dcc\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">the palace was caught out attempting to crop the Yorks out of official photographs taken during the Easter Matins celebrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew stepped down as a working royal over the scandal surrounding his past association with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of sexual abuse by Virginia Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of York has denied all wrongdoing but paid out a multi-million pound settlement to Ms Giuffre, who took her own life earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.skynews.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson received a frosty response from the royal family as they defiantly attended the Duchess of Kent&#8217;s funeral. Katharine, the wife of the late Queen&#8217;s cousin the Duke of Kent, died peacefully last week aged 92. 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