Following the Royal Family’s recent public support for Prince Andrew, a royal specialist stated that his return as a working royal is “not going to happen.”
The Duke of York joined his family at the Balmoral Estate last weekend, where the King and Queen are maintaining Queen Elizabeth’s summer tradition of vacationing in the Scottish Highlands.
On Sunday (August 27), he was seen with the Prince and Princess of Wales as they drove together to the Crathie Kirk church near Balmoral Castle.
In response to Prince Andrew’s recent appearance at Balmoral with other members of the Royal Family, royal author Robert Jobson told The Royal Beat: “The reality is when at Christmas, Andrew and Sarah were very much part of the family, they were round the table for the dinner.”
“That was a private, family occasion. Now Sandringham is one thing, Balmoral is another private, family occasion.
“The fact is that all this talk about ‘it means that William has been ticked off and that Andrew could be back working in the Royal Family’ is nonsense.
“It’s not going to happen. He’s in deep freeze.
“He’s there on a family occasion, but he’s not going to be coming back as a working royal. That’s not going to happen.”
The Duke is expected to join his family at Balmoral on the first anniversary of the late Queen’s death on September 8, which also happens to be King Charles’ accession day.
He was also reportedly invited by the King to join the summer excursion to the Scottish residence, called an “olive branch” meant to calm family tensions.
“He’s still the King’s brother, and he’s not going to distance himself from him,” said Arthur Edwards, a long-time royal photographer for The Sun. [But], he’s taken away everything he possibly can.”
Prince Andrew resigned from the Royal duties in 2019 after being linked to convicted child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
Later, in 2022, he was stripped of his HRH titles after being accused of assault by Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Epstein’s, an accusation he has passionately and consistently denied.
