The Queen reacts to the departure of Prince Andrews following his alleged association with the Epstein scandal.
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Imagesstepping down from his royal dutiesThe 59-year-old Duke of York announced he will no longer be taking on his royal duties"for the foreseeable future" after making headlines due to his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Andrew spoke with the BBC last week in a televised interview that has been widely criticized, and denied he participated in underage sex with one of the late Epstein's alleged victims.
"My sources at Buckingham Palace are insisting that it was the duke's decision and that the statement reflects that," Nicholl tells ET."He says in that, that it's his decision to step down with the queen's approval. ... Reading between the lines, it is my understanding that Andrew understood he had to go. It was made very clear to him in that meeting between him and the queen that he had no choice but to step down from royal duties.
"It must have been incredibly hard for the queen, his mother -- Andrew is widely regarded to be her favorite son -- but she recognized that there was a huge amount of damage being done to the monarchy," she continues."He had no option, the queen had no option, but for Andrew to step back from royal duties."
Nicholl says Prince Andrew stepping down from royal duties doesn't mean he's getting"kicked out" of the royal family, and that senior palace aides tell her that he will still be standing with the royal family on the famous Buckingham Palace balcony at high-profile events
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