{"id":2310664,"date":"2026-03-03T17:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2310664"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:54:35","slug":"i-organised-andrew-trip-but-his-remark-to-famous-family-left-me-stunned-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-organised-andrew-trip-but-his-remark-to-famous-family-left-me-stunned-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I organised Andrew trip but his remark to famous family left me stunned&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former UK diplomat claims <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-andrew\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> once made a &#8220;gratuitously rude&#8221; comment to a member of a famous Italian family. The former prince served as Britain&#8217;s special representative for international trade and investment from 2001 to 2011, when he stepped down amid criticism about his friendship with the late sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/jeffrey-epstein?pageNumber=3\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-14235330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BBC News<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In recent weeks, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-andrew\">Andrew<\/a> has faced mounting scrutiny for his spending habits during his time in the role, with retired civil servants alleging the royal claimed &#8220;massage services&#8221; and excessive travel costs at the taxpayer&#8217;s expense. It comes in the wake of his arrest by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 19, having been accused of sharing sensitive information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Andrew, who was arrested on his 66th birthday, spent around 11 hours in police custody while officers searched his home on the Sandringham Estate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He was then released under investigation. Andrew continues to deny any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sir Ivor Roberts, the UK&#8217;s ambassador to Italy from 2003 to 2006 has now claimed that Andrew insulted a member of Schiaparelli family, a celebrated fashion dynasty in the country, during a trip to Florence in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sir Ivor alleges that, when introduced to a member of the Schiaparelli family, the royal responded: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never heard of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The diplomat told the <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/massages-golf-five-star-hotels-andrews-taxpayer-funded-trade-trips-4252982?srsltid=AfmBOopRGVnC5WKKBs1ds6rbuogTCNpZ16a8HolJlBGYGx5SI8Zx7VQb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">i Paper<\/a> that the alleged comment was &#8220;just gratuitously rude&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sir Ivor didn&#8217;t mention which member of the family he claims the comment was made to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Schiaparelli is a long-running and distinguished family of intellectuals, and aristocrats with a lineage that can be traced back to the Medici banking dynasty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a name to be conjured with in luxury fashion, due to a well-known fashion house bearing the family name, founded by Elsa Schiaparelli.<\/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>A former UK diplomat claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor once made a &#8220;gratuitously rude&#8221; comment to a member of a famous Italian family. 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