It is the survival of the royal institution at all costs
published the Daily Mail
“It was time to take it even further away from the spotlight“, he explains to the AFP Bob Morris, historian of the monarchy. In his opinion “it is probably the end” for the Duke of York, who can no longer use his title of Royal Highness.
The situation had become untenable after On Wednesday, a New York judge will refuse to dismiss a civil lawsuit that accuses Andres, 61, of sexually assaulting a minor, Virginia Giuffre., in the 2000s, a case linked to his scandalous friendship with the late financier and convicted child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
The pressure of some 150 soldiers who had written to the queen to denounce the lack of “probity, honesty and honorable behavior” also influenced of his third son -considered his favorite-, ninth in the order of succession to the British throne.
huge shame
“It was a great shame that the retired military demanded the withdrawal of the titles. It becomes embarrassing and damaging for the queen (who is head of the armed forces, ndlr), because otherwise it seems that she protects her son,” says Penny Junor, author of numerous books on the British monarchy.
“It was time to move on to plan B, to protect the monarchy and the jubilee celebrations“Platinum, the 70 years of reign that Elizabeth II will celebrate in June, adds Morris.
The celebrations in honor of the 95-year-old monarch will last for four days, with a military parade, a concert in London, a dessert contest and large popular parties.
It was a great shame that the retired military demanded the withdrawal of the titles. It becomes embarrassing and detrimental to the queen
The sovereign, who appears more and more rarely in public, would have made this decision after talking with Carlos, the heir to the crown, and his grandson, Prince William, second in line for succession, who was in Windsor on Wednesday, according to the British press.
“I imagine that Carlos and Guillermo forced her somehowJunor says to the AFP. “It was detrimental to the monarchy.”
The monarchy has relatively few critics in the United Kingdom, thanks to the popularity of Elizabeth II, which has remained unchanged despite the multiple crises of recent years.
But the future is much more uncertain, since his heir Carlos remains little loved by British subjects.