\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe victims were acknowledged in the statement issued Thursday: \u201cTheir Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m also delighted to see that Royah Nikkhah\u2019s sources have confirmed what my sources told me this week: that far from the de-princing of Andrew being Charles\u2019 cunning plan all along, the King very much hoped getting Andrew to renounce his Duke of York title two weeks ago was going to be the end of the story.<\/p>\n
A source is cited as saying: \u201cThey got it wrong first time. They\u2019ve got it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just to be clear, then, the palace was indeed talking nonsense, as my sources said, when it claimed in its briefing document issued to members of the media, that taking away the Duke of York title was always just a first step and that \u201ca longer term resolution to all the aligned issues was always going to take a little longer to enact, due to the complexities of the legal and constitutional position, but the necessity of further action was never in doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nikkhah pours scorn on the palace\u2019s claim that Charles \u201cwas just biding his time to get his legal and constitutional ducks in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n
Intriguingly, she highlights a public heckle at Lichfield Cathedral as being a factor in Charles pushing the button, with a source saying: \u201cWhat\u2019s changed in two weeks is the King and Queen have been out taking the temperature of the public \u2014 they\u2019re doing national surveys at every engagement. They have felt the public anger and they have acted.\u201d<\/p>\n
A former courtier is quoted as saying: \u201cOf all members of the royal family, he was the most loathed by the household, so there are not many people sobbing in their cornflakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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