{"id":2302691,"date":"2026-02-27T08:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2302691"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:03:17","slug":"prince-williams-clever-approach-to-andrew-arrest-scandal-unpicked-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-williams-clever-approach-to-andrew-arrest-scandal-unpicked-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William&#8217;s clever approach to Andrew arrest scandal unpicked | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince William \" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-william\">Prince William<\/a> may have made his thoughts clear about the arrest of his uncle, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-andrew\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>, with a telling remark about not being &#8220;calm&#8221;, but it spelt out his plan for the future of the monarchy, according to a royal expert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2174313\/Prince-william-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrest\">As he arrived at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday<\/a>, the Prince of Wales, 43, said: \u201cI need to be in quite a calm state, and I am not at the moment. I will save it.\u201d William was talking about not yet having seen the award-winning film Hamnet, but the true meaning behind his words was startling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking to the Daily Express, former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/bbc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">BBC<\/a> royal correspondent Jennie Bond noted that the heir to the throne has grasped that &#8220;crisis demands explanation&#8221;, rather than sticking to the Royal Family&#8217;s tried and trusted method of &#8220;never complain, never explain&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I think William understands that this crisis demands explanation. And he&#8217;s let us know he\u2019s not complacent. Nor is he calm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, I think we can deduce from his words and body language that he is seething with raw anger at his uncle for the damage he is wreaking on the monarchy and for his blatant lack of apology to the victims of Epstein\u2019s sexual abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It was a hallmark of Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s reign that the Royal Family would typically wait scandals out and let them blow over, rather than fuelling them further by commenting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While the Royal Family\u2019s solid response to the Andrew drama has been spearheaded by King Charles, it is understood that William has been supportive of his father\u2019s approach, as has often been claimed to be the case when reports about removing Andrew\u2019s military titles and evicting him from Royal Lodge have emerged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Riyadh before William began an important diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia, their official spokesperson said: \u201cI can confirm the Prince and Princess have been deeply concerned by the continuing revelations. Their thoughts remain focused on the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\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.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William may have made his thoughts clear about the arrest of his uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, with a telling remark about not being &#8220;calm&#8221;, but it spelt out his plan for the future of the monarchy, according to a royal expert. 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