{"id":2337269,"date":"2026-03-19T17:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2337269"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:52:24","slug":"21-most-infamous-royal-family-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/21-most-infamous-royal-family-scandals\/","title":{"rendered":"21 most infamous royal family scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mark McCormick EDI \/ Mirrorpix\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency When a single family is under as much scrutiny as the British royal family is, skeletons are bound to fall unceremoniously out of closets.<br \/><em>From the former <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>\u2018s epic fall from grace to various affairs, drug use and other lapses in judgment, here are 21 of the most infamous scandals to plague the royal family over the last century.<\/em>MORE: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/channel\/source\/Wonderwall\/sr-vid-kwt2e0544658wubk9hsb0rpvnfkttmu3tuj7uq3i4wuywgbakeva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Follow Wonderwall on celebrity.land for more top news<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/iLkjdRrKxPQ9nNI7T5STEQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/0a1a2611c688837a4dff436742913675\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ron Sachs \u2013 CNP \/ MEGA Anyone who\u2019s seen <em>The Crown<\/em> knows that <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong> had a deeply unhappy marriage and that the now-King was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:having an affair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;having an affair&quot;}\" class=\"link \">having an affair<\/a> with <strong>Camilla Parker-Bowles<\/strong> for years while still married to Diana. At the same time, the late Princess of Wales had affairs of her own, including an alleged one with <strong>James Gilbey<\/strong>. In 1989, she and Gilbey spoke on the phone for 23 minutes while unknowingly being recorded. On the call, the man called the princess \u201cSquidgy\u201d a whopping 14 times, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/real-life\/true-stories\/the-infamous-taped-phone-call-behind-squidgygate\/news-story\/74a4c6f27899e2b6317cf7e4866844ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News.com.au;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;News.com.au&quot;}\" class=\"link \">News.com.au<\/a>. In 1992, several tabloids obtained and published the full transcript of the conversation, igniting a scandal which would forevermore be known as \u201cSquidgygate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/JMPuYwOTgPPYauavn0v55w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/feca120674212d41074389615684fa5e\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Phil Loftus\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA Less <em>one<\/em> scandal than it is a <em>series<\/em> of scandals, <strong>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/strong> was stripped of royal privileges between 2019 and 2025 after it publicly surfaced that he had entertained a close friendship with the deceased s** offender <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>. Most shockingly, Andrew was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/virginia-giuffre-plaintiff-in-epstein-and-prince-andrew-sex-trafficking-case-dies-at-41\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:directly accused;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;directly accused&quot;}\" class=\"link \">directly accused<\/a> of sexual exploitation by one of Epstein\u2019s most vocal accusers <strong>Virginia Giuffre<\/strong>. As a result, Andrew <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-10370\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was stripped;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;was stripped&quot;}\" class=\"link \">was stripped<\/a> of his Duke of York title and later of his princedom. He was also kicked out of his Windsor residence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/wQFPW98jnR8q7Zb9w6suzg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/d8f580c938788a1405bf37060fb9126a\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ZUMA Press \/ MEGA Close to a century later, the abdication of <strong>King Edward VIII<\/strong> remains one of the royal family\u2019s most enduring scandals \u2014 particularly given a) it was the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/december-11\/edward-viii-abdicates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first voluntary abdication;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;first voluntary abdication&quot;}\" class=\"link \">first voluntary abdication<\/a> in British history, <em>ever<\/em>, and b) it\u2019s the single decision that gave way to <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> and then <strong>King Charles II<\/strong> as our modern-day monarchs. Edward <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20231208-a-royal-crisis-the-shocking-moment-king-edward-viii-announced-his-abdication-to-the-nation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:abdicated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;abdicated&quot;}\" class=\"link \">abdicated<\/a> after just months on the throne in order to marry <strong>Wallis Simpson<\/strong>, who was a divorc\u00e9e and therefore considered an unsuitable match for the King at the time. Edward\u2019s brother, the late Queen\u2019s father, <strong>King George VI<\/strong>, acceded to the throne after him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/wIBuL6q5GOWW7FFq1d.c5w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/a54042c5a0a38ccca6ccb8b143c57a3b\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MEGA TheMegaAgency.com The royal family has endured many scandals over the last century, but it\u2019s hard to think of one that has generated quite so many headlines as what has been known as \u201cMegxit.\u201d <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> had enough of the way they were treated as part of the royal family and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-step-down-royal-life-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:vowed to step down;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;vowed to step down&quot;}\" class=\"link \">vowed to step down<\/a> as senior royals in 2020, starting their new life as private citizens in the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s native California.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hiJ9Ut40hIskb6g.loprjg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/6b42c4b2d423ddc8713637f19ea2a9d7\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a9 MATRIXPHOTOS.COM \/ MEGA Diana had Squidgygate; Charles had Tampongate \u2014 a scandal which began just months after the late Princess of Wales\u2019 private phone conversation with <strong>James Gilbey<\/strong> was leaked in 1992. Tampongate refers to a leaked phone conversation between <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong> and <strong>Camilla Parker-Bowles<\/strong> while the latter was still married to <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong>. In said conversation, Charles jokingly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6226657\/crown-charles-camilla-tampongate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:professed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;professed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">professed<\/a> his desire to \u201clive inside [Camilla\u2019s] trousers,\u201d possibly as a tampon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/z76myUGyAMavQlDnXbUT.A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/c09f948b27e2cbea1567cd06aca6e822\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">celebrity.land \/ MEGA After the former <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>\u2018s close friendship with s** offender <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> came under scrutiny circa 2019, the disgraced royal was given the opportunity to explain himself during a lengthy sit-down interview with <strong>Emily Maitlis<\/strong> for the BBC <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Newsnight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Newsnight&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Newsnight<\/a><\/em>. During the 50-minute conversation, Andrew made some truly incredible claims, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/feb\/20\/now-hes-sweating-what-the-papers-say-about-the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:such as;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;such as&quot;}\" class=\"link \">such as<\/a> that he wasn\u2019t able to produce sweat. The interview has been <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:characterized;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;characterized&quot;}\" class=\"link \">characterized<\/a> as Andrew \u201cdigging his own grave\u201d \u2014 and his life and reputation went downhill from there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/jIqM_FgLMaa35nRgc5j8Rg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/6ca0fdb41567aa9b35bd00df4feb99e8\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mirrorpix\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency Many people found out about <strong>Princess Margaret<\/strong>\u2018s scandalous affair through Season 1 of <em>The Crown<\/em>, but when it happened, it dominated headlines. The young princess fell in love with royal equerry <strong>Peter Townsend<\/strong>, who was divorced and therefore regarded as an unsuitable match. When Margaret told the Queen she wanted to marry Townsend, he was \u201cbanished\u201d from the country, and Margaret made a public statement announcing her decision not to marry him, as reported by <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5523493\/princess-margaret-queen-elizabeth-peter-townsend-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TIME;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TIME&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TIME<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LjHR8fU7ADqW3qZpxA9AYQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/e57929306be9d0b2cf337cd3df9111ec\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tom Maddick \/ SWNS \/ MEGA A particularly brutal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170111042528\/https:\/\/people.com\/archive\/cover-story-a-crisis-rocks-a-royal-marriage-vol-31-no-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:write-up from People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;write-up from People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">write-up from <em>People<\/em><\/a>, dated 1989, shows the extent of the rumors surrounding <strong>Princess Anne<\/strong> potentially cheating on her first husband (<strong>Captain Mark Phillips<\/strong>) with her second husband (<strong>Sir Timothy Laurence<\/strong>, then just a royal equerry and \u2014 as far as the public knew \u2014 Anne\u2019s friend). While no salacious details were publicized about Anne and Laurence\u2019s extramarital relationship, some of their \u201clove letters\u201d were stolen from the palace that same year \u2014 and it\u2019s commonly accepted that the two, at the very least, were engaged in an emotional affair. Anne and Phillips separated later that year and divorced in 1992, with the Princess Royal and Laurence making things official that same year, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/princess-anne-sir-timothy-laurence-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/em>. They\u2019ve been seemingly happily married ever since.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/3J9WqmewCnTRZ1b954aSBQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/e356b62d97f07514a94beca46ee67a23\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TSC\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA Some televised conversations make history. In 1995, <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong> gave an interview to the BBC\u2019s <strong>Martin Bashir<\/strong>, which is still being spoken about three decades later. That\u2019s when the Princess of Wales famously said, \u201cThere were three of us in this marriage,\u201d referring to <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong>\u2018 ongoing affair with <strong>Camilla Parker-Bowles<\/strong>. For context, Diana and Charles <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:officially separated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;officially separated&quot;}\" class=\"link \">officially separated<\/a> in 1992, but didn\u2019t divorce until 1996. The interview is now believed to have been arranged in a manipulative way, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/princess-diana-betrayed-new-revelations-expose-panorama-lies-lethal-consequences-exclusive-11855369\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/FME_MXD3iHz0u2LX6gJsOw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/04c7a53f436f397bcd75a33dc643f5f0\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Steve Finn\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA One thing about royal marriages\u2026 you can expect them to either feature <em>rumors<\/em> of extramarital affairs \u2014 or else the real thing. Technically, <strong>Sarah \u201cFergie\u201d Ferguson<\/strong>\u2018s 1992 scandal fell somewhere in the middle, since she and <strong>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/strong> had already officially separated by the time photographs of her <em>getting her toes sucked<\/em> by her boyfriend, the American <strong>John Bryan<\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/toe-sucking-photo-drove-sarah-13384631\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:made it into the tabloid press;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;made it into the tabloid press&quot;}\" class=\"link \">made it into the tabloid press<\/a>. What most shocked the public about these photos is that 2-year-old <strong>Princess Eugenie<\/strong> was present in some of them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Oe.re7ZZRUg9RNgGK6hPwQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/b3935e40cbb25ef866a1f1f8786bcd39\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ZUMA Press \/ MEGA When <strong>Princess Margaret<\/strong> divorced her husband <strong>Antony Armstrong-Jones<\/strong>, a.k.a. the Earl of Snowdon, she was the first British royal to do so, marking the first divorce of a senior British royal in over 400 years. Margaret\u2019s marriage was famously fraught, with Armstrong-Jones repeatedly cheating on her, and her \u201cretaliating\u201d with a younger man called <strong>Roddy Llewellyn<\/strong>. The Snowdons announced their separation in March 1976 and officially divorced in 1978, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a29989302\/princess-margaret-divorce-facts-antony-armstrong-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harper\u2019s Bazaar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Harper\u2019s Bazaar&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/mKOUx8.uxFutUHdVGkeG0w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/86edf31951d7e0d39f8c174798f47b92\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a9RAMEY PHOTO AGENCY\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency <strong>Sarah Ferguson<\/strong>, the Duchess of York, has been embroiled in \u2014 or at least on the sidelines of \u2014 many royal scandals in her time. In 2010, U.K. tabloid <em>News of the World <\/em>published a video of Fergie accepting a bribe from an undercover reporter in exchange for access to her ex-husband <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>. She accepted a payment of roughly $40,000 USD with the promise of a further $750,000 approximately, per<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oprah.com\/oprahshow\/sarah-ferguson-discusses-her-bribery-scandal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oprah;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oprah&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oprah<\/a><\/em>. Speaking about it with <strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> later on, the duchess said, \u201cThere aren\u2019t really very many words to describe an act of such gross stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ZKmK9.57t1lYlPTrYM7YNw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/d971a8a065b912c69501b90863bf1941\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a9 GRAHAM READING \/ MATRIX \/ MEGA In 2005, a 20-year-old <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> shocked the world when pictures of him attending a costume party wearing a Nazi officer costume made it into the press. Following the scandal, \u201cI sat down and spoke to the chief rabbi in London, which had a profound impact on me,\u201d the Duke of Sussex said in the 2022 Netflix docuseries <em>Harry &amp; Meghan<\/em> (via <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/prince-harry-nazi-uniform-biggest-mistake-netflix-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/em>). \u201cI went to Berlin and spoke to a Holocaust survivor.\u201d In his 2023 memoir <em>Spare<\/em>, Harry also revealed that a young <strong>Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> had encouraged him to use the costume idea and had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/04\/prince-harry-claims-william-and-kate-middleton-told-him-to-buy-nazi-costume\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:found it hilarious;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;found it hilarious&quot;}\" class=\"link \">found it hilarious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/WhecGinQav3q.xPQbFpptQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/c3bf7ae8321330aa0c1489b99387890d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MEGA TheMegaAgency.com In early 2021, a freshly Californian <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> sat down with <strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> to set the record straight about their royal departure (the conversation aired internationally that March). They made a number of shock revelations in the interview, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a35700493\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-interview-biggest-revelations-quotes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:including;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;including&quot;}\" class=\"link \">including<\/a>: that rumors that <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> had made Meghan cry were unfounded and that it was actually \u201cthe reverse,\u201d that Meghan had experienced suicidality while working as a royal, that certain royals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/08\/uk\/meghan-oprah-interview-racism-scli-gbr-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:had expressed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;had expressed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">had expressed<\/a> \u201cconcerns\u201d about <strong>Prince Archie<\/strong>\u2018s skin tone, and many more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/sJAjcYUkkQg0cqV.7rOx5A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/390ff7118f622c5fa0b9777786aecc16\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a92005 RAMEY PHOTO \/X \/ MEGA <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> has discussed his difficult youth at length in recent years \u2014 indeed, he lost his mother at just <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-harry-almost-didnt-walk-behind-princess-diana-coffin-age-12-11804316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:12 years old;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;12 years old&quot;}\" class=\"link \">12 years old<\/a>, a traumatic event for any child. One of his low moments occurred when he was made to spend a single day in a south London rehab facility in 2002 after his dad found out that Harry was smoking weed and drinking alcohol, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2002\/jan\/13\/monarchy.antonybarnett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Guardian&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a><\/em>. He was 17.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EIeeVKPAA8hPk9UjxOYKFA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/89190615d0bf612824d805c2cc0d556e\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sun \/ MEGA <strong>Thomas Markle<\/strong> was originally supposed to walk his daughter Meghan down the aisle at her 2018 royal wedding. He forfeited that privilege when he was found having <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a20734170\/why-thomas-markle-sr-isnt-attending-royal-wedding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:staged paparazzi photos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;staged paparazzi photos&quot;}\" class=\"link \">staged paparazzi photos<\/a> ahead of the big day. Today, the father and daughter duo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/871570\/meghan-markle-attempts-reach-out-to-father-thomas-markle-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pretty much;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;pretty much&quot;}\" class=\"link \">pretty much<\/a> do not talk.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/voAoJ6GZKhj7RKXxo9mpxA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/53d0f58093e6e141c117327ef568d691\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a92012 RAMEY PHOTO\/MEGA Though <strong>Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> have certainly been at the center of some salacious and mostly unfounded rumors over the years, they\u2019ve actually managed the remarkable feat of being only barely controversial since their 2011 royal wedding\u2026 except for one incident. In 2012, Kate and Wills were enjoying a private vacation when, unbeknownst to them, photos of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing without a top were snapped. The French magazine <em>Closer<\/em> published said photos and apparently, it\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234821465\/kate-middleton-topless-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the angriest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the angriest&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the angriest<\/a> people who know William have ever seen him. The royals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2017\/09\/05\/william-and-kate-win-damages-over-topless-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sued and won;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;sued and won&quot;}\" class=\"link \">sued and won<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DCKqG.Pji4N0VyMUYvBkAw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/e873f8b86bbe14300bb527a715d73467\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrew Young \/ East Anglia News Service \/ MEGA Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s reputation has been in free fall for years, but a particularly low point occurred when he became the first modern senior royal to ever be arrested. On his 66th birthday in February 2026, Andrew was taken in for questioning, having been arrested \u201con suspicion of misconduct in public office,\u201d per BBC News. The public office in question was his post as U.K. trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. Even at the time, he stepped down over \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 his ongoing relationship with the late s** offender Jeffrey Epstein, per celebrity.land. It would take close to another decade for Andrew to lose his royal titles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/zGptAMf7tBR7MaNZYxIHcw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/e1f71764fa93c5e6ba2dfef76755425d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JOR\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA The late <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> is often quoted as having dubbed 1992 her <em>annus horribilis<\/em>, a.k.a. a \u201chorrible year.\u201d For one thing, her year was so terrible because three of her children separated or divorced from their spouses that year: <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong>, <strong>Princess Anne<\/strong> and <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>. There was also a fire at her childhood home, and the tabloids were particularly unkind with the royals over those 12 months, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6227232\/annus-horribilis-divorce-the-crown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TIME;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TIME&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TIME<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/o6khYiV7_fQOozl_4XL5eA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/42dd08865b4fff64ab455d5f2cf07959\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">JOR\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA On January 10, 2023, <em>Spare<\/em> hit bookshelves around the globe, giving us previously unheard-of insights into the way The Firm operates \u2014 and into Prince Harry\u2019s own personal life. Some of the most astounding revelations included: Harry\u2019s alleged physical altercation with brother <strong>Prince William<\/strong> over <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong>, the fact that William and <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> had known about his infamous Nazi costume beforehand and encouraged it, several drug use admissions and more, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a42407949\/prince-harry-spare-biggest-revelations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Town &amp; Country;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Town &amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Town &amp; Country<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/u8VWs6X3DubwF2SVpaXSwg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUwMztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/63d27a5ac9757d6781f541b058571770\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MEGA TheMegaAgency.com In March 2021, ahead of the Sussexes\u2019 Oprah interviewing airing, the royal family announced that they were investigating claims that <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> had bullied staff while she was a senior royal. At the time, a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex said that Meghan was \u201csaddened\u201d by the \u201clatest attack on her character,\u201d per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-56272104\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BBC News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">BBC News<\/a><\/em>. In the end, the results of the investigation were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-61984118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:not disclosed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;not disclosed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">not disclosed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/xMQBCYk4MOJj3VJgVsH2ig--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wonderwall_734\/439b994792c7a48581130b98c281b210\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderwall.com\/celebrity\/royals\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-earned-brutal-nickname-colleagues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Up Next;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Up Next&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Up Next <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mark McCormick EDI \/ Mirrorpix\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency 1 \/ 22 When a single family is under as much scrutiny as the British royal family is, skeletons are bound to fall unceremoniously out of closets.<br \/><em>From the former <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>\u2018s epic fall from grace to various affairs, drug use and other lapses in judgment, here are 21 of the most infamous scandals to plague the royal family over the last century.<\/em>MORE: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/channel\/source\/Wonderwall\/sr-vid-kwt2e0544658wubk9hsb0rpvnfkttmu3tuj7uq3i4wuywgbakeva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Follow Wonderwall on celebrity.land for more top news<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ron Sachs \u2013 CNP \/ MEGA 2 \/ 22 Anyone who\u2019s seen <em>The Crown<\/em> knows that <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong> had a deeply unhappy marriage and that the now-King was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:having an affair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;having an affair&quot;}\" class=\"link \">having an affair<\/a> with <strong>Camilla Parker-Bowles<\/strong> for years while still married to Diana. At the same time, the late Princess of Wales had affairs of her own, including an alleged one with <strong>James Gilbey<\/strong>. In 1989, she and Gilbey spoke on the phone for 23 minutes while unknowingly being recorded. On the call, the man called the princess \u201cSquidgy\u201d a whopping 14 times, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/real-life\/true-stories\/the-infamous-taped-phone-call-behind-squidgygate\/news-story\/74a4c6f27899e2b6317cf7e4866844ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News.com.au;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;News.com.au&quot;}\" class=\"link \">News.com.au<\/a>. In 1992, several tabloids obtained and published the full transcript of the conversation, igniting a scandal which would forevermore be known as \u201cSquidgygate.\u201d<br \/>Phil Loftus\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA 3 \/ 22 Less <em>one<\/em> scandal than it is a <em>series<\/em> of scandals, <strong>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/strong> was stripped of royal privileges between 2019 and 2025 after it publicly surfaced that he had entertained a close friendship with the deceased s** offender <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>. Most shockingly, Andrew was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/virginia-giuffre-plaintiff-in-epstein-and-prince-andrew-sex-trafficking-case-dies-at-41\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:directly accused;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;directly accused&quot;}\" class=\"link \">directly accused<\/a> of sexual exploitation by one of Epstein\u2019s most vocal accusers <strong>Virginia Giuffre<\/strong>. As a result, Andrew <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-10370\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was stripped;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;was stripped&quot;}\" class=\"link \">was stripped<\/a> of his Duke of York title and later of his princedom. He was also kicked out of his Windsor residence.<br \/>ZUMA Press \/ MEGA 4 \/ 22 Close to a century later, the abdication of <strong>King Edward VIII<\/strong> remains one of the royal family\u2019s most enduring scandals \u2014 particularly given a) it was the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/december-11\/edward-viii-abdicates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first voluntary abdication;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;first voluntary abdication&quot;}\" class=\"link \">first voluntary abdication<\/a> in British history, <em>ever<\/em>, and b) it\u2019s the single decision that gave way to <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> and then <strong>King Charles II<\/strong> as our modern-day monarchs. Edward <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20231208-a-royal-crisis-the-shocking-moment-king-edward-viii-announced-his-abdication-to-the-nation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:abdicated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;abdicated&quot;}\" class=\"link \">abdicated<\/a> after just months on the throne in order to marry <strong>Wallis Simpson<\/strong>, who was a divorc\u00e9e and therefore considered an unsuitable match for the King at the time. Edward\u2019s brother, the late Queen\u2019s father, <strong>King George VI<\/strong>, acceded to the throne after him.<br \/>MEGA TheMegaAgency.com 5 \/ 22 The royal family has endured many scandals over the last century, but it\u2019s hard to think of one that has generated quite so many headlines as what has been known as \u201cMegxit.\u201d <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> had enough of the way they were treated as part of the royal family and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-step-down-royal-life-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:vowed to step down;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;vowed to step down&quot;}\" class=\"link \">vowed to step down<\/a> as senior royals in 2020, starting their new life as private citizens in the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s native California.<br \/>\u00a9 MATRIXPHOTOS.COM \/ MEGA 6 \/ 22 Diana had Squidgygate; Charles had Tampongate \u2014 a scandal which began just months after the late Princess of Wales\u2019 private phone conversation with <strong>James Gilbey<\/strong> was leaked in 1992. Tampongate refers to a leaked phone conversation between <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong> and <strong>Camilla Parker-Bowles<\/strong> while the latter was still married to <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong>. In said conversation, Charles jokingly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6226657\/crown-charles-camilla-tampongate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:professed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;professed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">professed<\/a> his desire to \u201clive inside [Camilla\u2019s] trousers,\u201d possibly as a tampon. celebrity.land \/ MEGA 7 \/ 22 After the former <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>\u2018s close friendship with s** offender <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> came under scrutiny circa 2019, the disgraced royal was given the opportunity to explain himself during a lengthy sit-down interview with <strong>Emily Maitlis<\/strong> for the BBC <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Newsnight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Newsnight&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Newsnight<\/a><\/em>. During the 50-minute conversation, Andrew made some truly incredible claims, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/feb\/20\/now-hes-sweating-what-the-papers-say-about-the-arrest-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:such as;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;such as&quot;}\" class=\"link \">such as<\/a> that he wasn\u2019t able to produce sweat. The interview has been <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:characterized;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;characterized&quot;}\" class=\"link \">characterized<\/a> as Andrew \u201cdigging his own grave\u201d \u2014 and his life and reputation went downhill from there. Mirrorpix\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency 8 \/ 22 Many people found out about <strong>Princess Margaret<\/strong>\u2018s scandalous affair through Season 1 of <em>The Crown<\/em>, but when it happened, it dominated headlines. The young princess fell in love with royal equerry <strong>Peter Townsend<\/strong>, who was divorced and therefore regarded as an unsuitable match. When Margaret told the Queen she wanted to marry Townsend, he was \u201cbanished\u201d from the country, and Margaret made a public statement announcing her decision not to marry him, as reported by <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5523493\/princess-margaret-queen-elizabeth-peter-townsend-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TIME;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TIME&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TIME<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>Tom Maddick \/ SWNS \/ MEGA 9 \/ 22 A particularly brutal <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170111042528\/https:\/\/people.com\/archive\/cover-story-a-crisis-rocks-a-royal-marriage-vol-31-no-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:write-up from People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;write-up from People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">write-up from <em>People<\/em><\/a>, dated 1989, shows the extent of the rumors surrounding <strong>Princess Anne<\/strong> potentially cheating on her first husband (<strong>Captain Mark Phillips<\/strong>) with her second husband (<strong>Sir Timothy Laurence<\/strong>, then just a royal equerry and \u2014 as far as the public knew \u2014 Anne\u2019s friend). While no salacious details were publicized about Anne and Laurence\u2019s extramarital relationship, some of their \u201clove letters\u201d were stolen from the palace that same year \u2014 and it\u2019s commonly accepted that the two, at the very least, were engaged in an emotional affair. Anne and Phillips separated later that year and divorced in 1992, with the Princess Royal and Laurence making things official that same year, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/princess-anne-sir-timothy-laurence-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/em>. They\u2019ve been seemingly happily married ever since.<br \/>TSC\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA 10 \/ 22 Some televised conversations make history. In 1995, <strong>Princess Diana<\/strong> gave an interview to the BBC\u2019s <strong>Martin Bashir<\/strong>, which is still being spoken about three decades later. That\u2019s when the Princess of Wales famously said, \u201cThere were three of us in this marriage,\u201d referring to <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong>\u2018 ongoing affair with <strong>Camilla Parker-Bowles<\/strong>. For context, Diana and Charles <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/a-timeline-of-prince-charles-and-princess-dianas-tumultuous-tragic-relationship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:officially separated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;officially separated&quot;}\" class=\"link \">officially separated<\/a> in 1992, but didn\u2019t divorce until 1996. The interview is now believed to have been arranged in a manipulative way, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/princess-diana-betrayed-new-revelations-expose-panorama-lies-lethal-consequences-exclusive-11855369\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/em>. Steve Finn\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA 11 \/ 22 One thing about royal marriages\u2026 you can expect them to either feature <em>rumors<\/em> of extramarital affairs \u2014 or else the real thing. Technically, <strong>Sarah \u201cFergie\u201d Ferguson<\/strong>\u2018s 1992 scandal fell somewhere in the middle, since she and <strong>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/strong> had already officially separated by the time photographs of her <em>getting her toes sucked<\/em> by her boyfriend, the American <strong>John Bryan<\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/toe-sucking-photo-drove-sarah-13384631\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:made it into the tabloid press;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;made it into the tabloid press&quot;}\" class=\"link \">made it into the tabloid press<\/a>. What most shocked the public about these photos is that 2-year-old <strong>Princess Eugenie<\/strong> was present in some of them. ZUMA Press \/ MEGA 12 \/ 22 When <strong>Princess Margaret<\/strong> divorced her husband <strong>Antony Armstrong-Jones<\/strong>, a.k.a. the Earl of Snowdon, she was the first British royal to do so, marking the first divorce of a senior British royal in over 400 years. Margaret\u2019s marriage was famously fraught, with Armstrong-Jones repeatedly cheating on her, and her \u201cretaliating\u201d with a younger man called <strong>Roddy Llewellyn<\/strong>. The Snowdons announced their separation in March 1976 and officially divorced in 1978, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a29989302\/princess-margaret-divorce-facts-antony-armstrong-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harper\u2019s Bazaar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Harper\u2019s Bazaar&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>\u00a9RAMEY PHOTO AGENCY\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency 13 \/ 22 <strong>Sarah Ferguson<\/strong>, the Duchess of York, has been embroiled in \u2014 or at least on the sidelines of \u2014 many royal scandals in her time. In 2010, U.K. tabloid <em>News of the World <\/em>published a video of Fergie accepting a bribe from an undercover reporter in exchange for access to her ex-husband <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>. She accepted a payment of roughly $40,000 USD with the promise of a further $750,000 approximately, per<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oprah.com\/oprahshow\/sarah-ferguson-discusses-her-bribery-scandal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oprah;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oprah&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oprah<\/a><\/em>. Speaking about it with <strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> later on, the duchess said, \u201cThere aren\u2019t really very many words to describe an act of such gross stupidity.\u201d \u00a9 GRAHAM READING \/ MATRIX \/ MEGA 14 \/ 22 In 2005, a 20-year-old <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> shocked the world when pictures of him attending a costume party wearing a Nazi officer costume made it into the press. Following the scandal, \u201cI sat down and spoke to the chief rabbi in London, which had a profound impact on me,\u201d the Duke of Sussex said in the 2022 Netflix docuseries <em>Harry &amp; Meghan<\/em> (via <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/prince-harry-nazi-uniform-biggest-mistake-netflix-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/em>). \u201cI went to Berlin and spoke to a Holocaust survivor.\u201d In his 2023 memoir <em>Spare<\/em>, Harry also revealed that a young <strong>Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> had encouraged him to use the costume idea and had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/04\/prince-harry-claims-william-and-kate-middleton-told-him-to-buy-nazi-costume\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:found it hilarious;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;found it hilarious&quot;}\" class=\"link \">found it hilarious<\/a>.<br \/>MEGA TheMegaAgency.com 15 \/ 22 In early 2021, a freshly Californian <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> sat down with <strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong> to set the record straight about their royal departure (the conversation aired internationally that March). They made a number of shock revelations in the interview, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a35700493\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-interview-biggest-revelations-quotes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:including;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;including&quot;}\" class=\"link \">including<\/a>: that rumors that <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> had made Meghan cry were unfounded and that it was actually \u201cthe reverse,\u201d that Meghan had experienced suicidality while working as a royal, that certain royals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/08\/uk\/meghan-oprah-interview-racism-scli-gbr-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:had expressed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;had expressed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">had expressed<\/a> \u201cconcerns\u201d about <strong>Prince Archie<\/strong>\u2018s skin tone, and many more.<br \/>\u00a92005 RAMEY PHOTO \/X \/ MEGA 16 \/ 22 <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> has discussed his difficult youth at length in recent years \u2014 indeed, he lost his mother at just <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-harry-almost-didnt-walk-behind-princess-diana-coffin-age-12-11804316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:12 years old;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;12 years old&quot;}\" class=\"link \">12 years old<\/a>, a traumatic event for any child. One of his low moments occurred when he was made to spend a single day in a south London rehab facility in 2002 after his dad found out that Harry was smoking weed and drinking alcohol, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2002\/jan\/13\/monarchy.antonybarnett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Guardian&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a><\/em>. He was 17. The Sun \/ MEGA 17 \/ 22 <strong>Thomas Markle<\/strong> was originally supposed to walk his daughter Meghan down the aisle at her 2018 royal wedding. He forfeited that privilege when he was found having <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a20734170\/why-thomas-markle-sr-isnt-attending-royal-wedding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:staged paparazzi photos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;staged paparazzi photos&quot;}\" class=\"link \">staged paparazzi photos<\/a> ahead of the big day. Today, the father and daughter duo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/871570\/meghan-markle-attempts-reach-out-to-father-thomas-markle-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pretty much;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;pretty much&quot;}\" class=\"link \">pretty much<\/a> do not talk. \u00a92012 RAMEY PHOTO\/MEGA 18 \/ 22 Though <strong>Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> have certainly been at the center of some salacious and mostly unfounded rumors over the years, they\u2019ve actually managed the remarkable feat of being only barely controversial since their 2011 royal wedding\u2026 except for one incident. In 2012, Kate and Wills were enjoying a private vacation when, unbeknownst to them, photos of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing without a top were snapped. The French magazine <em>Closer<\/em> published said photos and apparently, it\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stylecaster.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/1234821465\/kate-middleton-topless-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the angriest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the angriest&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the angriest<\/a> people who know William have ever seen him. The royals <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2017\/09\/05\/william-and-kate-win-damages-over-topless-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sued and won;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;sued and won&quot;}\" class=\"link \">sued and won<\/a>.<br \/>Andrew Young \/ East Anglia News Service \/ MEGA 19 \/ 22 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s reputation has been in free fall for years, but a particularly low point occurred when he became the first modern senior royal to ever be arrested. On his 66th birthday in February 2026, Andrew was taken in for questioning, having been arrested \u201con suspicion of misconduct in public office,\u201d per BBC News. The public office in question was his post as U.K. trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. Even at the time, he stepped down over \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 his ongoing relationship with the late s** offender Jeffrey Epstein, per celebrity.land. It would take close to another decade for Andrew to lose his royal titles. JOR\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA 20 \/ 22 The late <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> is often quoted as having dubbed 1992 her <em>annus horribilis<\/em>, a.k.a. a \u201chorrible year.\u201d For one thing, her year was so terrible because three of her children separated or divorced from their spouses that year: <strong>Prince Charles<\/strong>, <strong>Princess Anne<\/strong> and <strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong>. There was also a fire at her childhood home, and the tabloids were particularly unkind with the royals over those 12 months, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6227232\/annus-horribilis-divorce-the-crown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TIME;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TIME&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TIME<\/a><\/em>. JOR\/Capital Pictures \/ MEGA 21 \/ 22 On January 10, 2023, <em>Spare<\/em> hit bookshelves around the globe, giving us previously unheard-of insights into the way The Firm operates \u2014 and into Prince Harry\u2019s own personal life. Some of the most astounding revelations included: Harry\u2019s alleged physical altercation with brother <strong>Prince William<\/strong> over <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong>, the fact that William and <strong>Kate Middleton<\/strong> had known about his infamous Nazi costume beforehand and encouraged it, several drug use admissions and more, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/tradition\/a42407949\/prince-harry-spare-biggest-revelations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Town &amp; Country;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Town &amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Town &amp; Country<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>MEGA TheMegaAgency.com 22 \/ 22 In March 2021, ahead of the Sussexes\u2019 Oprah interviewing airing, the royal family announced that they were investigating claims that <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> had bullied staff while she was a senior royal. At the time, a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex said that Meghan was \u201csaddened\u201d by the \u201clatest attack on her character,\u201d per <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-56272104\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BBC News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">BBC News<\/a><\/em>. In the end, the results of the investigation were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-61984118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:not disclosed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;not disclosed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">not disclosed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark McCormick EDI \/ Mirrorpix\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency When a single family is under as much scrutiny as the British royal family is, skeletons are bound to fall unceremoniously out of closets.From the former Prince Andrew\u2018s epic fall from grace to various affairs, drug use and other lapses in judgment, here are 21 of the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2337270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[29138,412218,452774,22942,23651,23067,22958,22931,21730,22730,23068,27766,23299,353652,24085,317755],"class_list":["post-2337269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-british-royal-family","tag-camilla-duchess-of-cornwall","tag-james-gilbey","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-kate-middleton","tag-meghan-markle","tag-oprah-winfrey","tag-prince-andrew","tag-prince-charles","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-anne","tag-princess-diana","tag-princess-margaret","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-royal-wedding"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/21-most-infamous-royal-family-scandals.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2337271,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337269\/revisions\/2337271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}