Prince William is reportedly taking a hardline stance against his disgraced uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as pressure continues to mount over the royal\u2019s ongoing scandals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to the National Enquirer<\/a>, the Prince of Wales has little patience left for Mr Mountbatten-Windsor and believes he should have been fully removed from royal life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIn William\u2019s mind, Andrew should have been removed from the line of succession immediately and cut out of royal life completely,\u201d a source told the outlet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sign up to The Nightly’s newsletters.<\/p>\n Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s position within the royal family has been under sustained scrutiny in recent years. In 2025, King Charles III stripped him of his remaining titles and evicted him from Royal Lodge following his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The situation escalated further in February, when Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, allegedly involving the sharing of information with Epstein while serving as the UK\u2019s trade envoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Royal author Russell Myers, who wrote William and Catherine: The Monarchy\u2019s New Era, said William has made his feelings clear behind closed doors as well as in public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cCertainly, he [William] made his voice known that Andrew should have no place within the monarchy, both publicly and privately. He should be banished from the institution,\u201d Myers said during an appearance on Newsweek\u2019s The Royal Report podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHe [Andrew] should have no role within the family because he would be a stain on it,\u201d the writer added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Myers also claimed tensions existed over how Andrew was previously handled by senior royals, including King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnd certainly, if they were going to keep him close, as the late Queen and indeed Charles did for a couple of years in his reign, that was going to be a major problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In his book, Myers further suggested William had long been sceptical of his uncle\u2019s role within the monarchy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201c[William] always thought his uncle was a bit of an ignoramus. He would question \u2018what does he actually do?\u2019, but it was more than that,\u201d the journalist wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n William has not publicly commented on the allegations or Andrew\u2019s ongoing legal issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The former prince has faced a wave of accusations that has only grown since he was stripped of his princely title last year, culminating in his February arrest on the suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n His relationship to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein came under intense scrutiny with the release of the namesake files in the United States beginning in mid-December 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Since then, the ex-duke\u2019s former staff and other high-profile people who have encountered him have made claims about his behaviour and general temperament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A freshly published biography on Queen Elizabeth II has revealed a new claim about Mr Mountbatten-Windsor regarding his time visiting Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The fresh claim is that he once had \u201cpretty\u201d shop assistants deliver a selection of bizarre items to his hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story, Robert Hardman wrote about the former prince\u2019s time as trade envoy, which is now a period of his life that is under police investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mr Hardman spoke to a diplomat, who told him about Mr Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s trip to Moscow, and a bizarre request he made while he was staying there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOne British diplomat in Moscow would remember a trade-related visit by the Duke, during which his top priority seemed to be the acquisition of a fur hat,\u201d Mr Hardman wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Quoting the unnamed diplomat: \u201cHe had a selection of them delivered to his hotel late in the evening – come to think of it, by some very pretty shop assistants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Claims of this nature have come in thick and fast over the past few months, with some women detailing what the disgraced former prince was actually like to be around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tara Moss, an Australian supermodel turned author, shared a \u201cscary\u201d encounter she had with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor on a boat filled with high-profile people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI did not know him as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor but as prince Andrew and I met him only once and that was via a request through a modelling agency here in Sydney,\u201d she told her Instagram followers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n She went on to detail an uncomfortable encounter in which she said the former prince did the classic \u201cteenage boy yawn stretch\u201d reaching his arm up in an attempt to put it around her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After this, Moss said she wanted to get a water taxi back to shore, but Mr Mountbatten-Windsor followed her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnd suddenly (Andrew) wanted to get one too. And I got off this boat, got off the water taxi, and I\u2019m on the shore here in Sydney and looking for a taxi cab, and prince Andrew is following me,\u201d Moss said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHis security is kind of like running behind him and this really uncomfortable moment happens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a couple in a car next to me, their own vehicle. I\u2019m waiting for a taxi. They just sort of looked at me and went \u2018hey do you need a lift right now?\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cSuddenly they just grabbed me and they just pulled me into their vehicle. I had this look on my face that said \u2018yeah\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Moss got in the back of the couple\u2019s car and they drove off while Andrew was in the \u201cbackground\u201d as his security caught up with him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThere was just this feeling I did not like about that moment at all. Nothing untoward happened to me. It was just a feeling,\u201d Moss said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mr Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s arrest coincided with his 66th birthday on February 19 and shocked the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He worked as trade envoy from 2001 until 2011, during which time he was also in communication with Epstein. As the US Department of Justice continued to release files in 2026, fresh accusations that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor had shared sensitive information with Epstein arose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The former prince was held for questioning for 11 hours before he was released. Though he was not charged, investigations continue, and he is being held under bail-like conditions on account of his brother King Charles, not the police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The exile process has been in the works for some time, but came to a head in October, when it was announced that he and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson would be kicked out of the luxurious Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mr Mountbatten-Windsor remained in the 30-room Windsor estate until he was booted in early February and cast out to Sandringham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He spent some time on Wood Farm, before last month making his final move to the more modest Marsh Farm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ms Ferguson has remained in hiding since the Epstein files, in which she features frequently, first began to be released on December 19 last year. Commentators understand her whereabouts is being kept from key figures in the royal family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thenightly.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prince William is reportedly taking a hardline stance against his disgraced uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as pressure continues to mount over the royal\u2019s ongoing scandals. 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