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A Palace insider has spoken for the first time since King Charles<\/a> and other members of the Royal Family, including the Princess of Wales<\/a>, were heckled during a public event<\/a> over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor this week. The King led the royals and the nation in celebrating Commonwealth Day<\/a> at Westminster Abbey on Monday, in what was the first big united appearance of them all together following Andrew\u2019s humiliating arrest last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office but was released 11 hours later under investigation. It came after documents within the bombshell Jeffrey Epstein files showed that he may have shared confidential information with the convicted paedophile during his time as a UK trade envoy. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n However, despite swiftly distancing themselves from the former Duke of York, the royals have been repeatedly confronted by protesters and other members of the public about the scandal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The latest instance came on Monday when dozens of campaigners from anti-monarchy group Republic held huge yellow placards that read \u201cAbolish the monarchy\u201d, \u201cNot my King\u201d and \u201cDown with the crown\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The group\u2019s CEO, Graham Smith, led the chant: \u201cCharlie, Charlie, time to go.\u201d Another sign read \u201cWhat did you know?\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some protesters held signs featuring images of Andrew released in the Epstein files, each photo captioned: \u201cCharles, what did you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But the Abbey bells and performances from Commonwealth musicians all but drowned out the chants of the protestors, who started to yell \u201cwhat did you know?\u201d as the royals pulled up outside the entrance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now a Palace insider has spoken about the heckling for the first time, telling People<\/a> magazine: \u201cOther events have rocked the monarchy, but something from within \u2014 where someone is being arrested \u2014 is very different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n