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\n By Marisa Laudadio<\/span> \t\t\t\t\tAs King Charles III<\/strong> deals with fresh fallout from brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/strong>‘s ties to convicted predator Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>, a past betrayal by another royal relative is back in the news.<\/p>\n Keep reading to learn more\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0Follow Wonderwall on celebrity.land for more top news<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tKing Charles III’s frustrations with brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have dominated headlines in recent weeks amid ongoing scrutiny of the former Duke of York’s relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. But nearly 25 years ago, another sibling \u2014 Prince Edward<\/strong> \u2014 sparked a controversy that deeply upset the future monarch. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tIn 1993, Prince Edward founded Ardent Productions, which focused on making documentaries and dramas. In 2001, the production company was accused of breaching a privacy agreement involving Prince William<\/a><\/strong>. An Ardent camera crew was caught filming at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland just as the young royal began his first year at the school, where he met future wife Kate Middleton<\/strong>. Edward’s move “angered” William’s father, the future King Charles III, and grandmother Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>, and led to a rift between the brothers, Britain’s Daily Express<\/a><\/em> reported. <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tThe incident with the filming crew reportedly occurred on Prince William<\/a>‘s second day at the university, where he was meant to study without media intrusion thanks to a privacy agreement struck between the royal family and the press. Ardent Productions initially denied any wrongdoing, claiming it was filming for a documentary called A-Z of Royalty<\/em>. <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t\tPrince Edward was allegedly unaware of the filming situation, but that didn’t stop the future King Charles III from rebuking him in an angry phone call, the celebrity.land<\/a><\/em> reported at the time. “Edward is persona non grata. The queen [Elizabeth II] and especially Prince Charles are mortified at what he did,” a source close to Buckingham Palace told the Post<\/em> in 2001. “To them, he’s the black sheep of the family. They may one day forgive him, but it will take a long time.”
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