Over the weekend, the Telegraph reported that Prince Andrew would be making an appearance on Garter Day in June. Garter Day is the big fancy ceremony for the knights and ladies in the Order of the Garter. While Andrew has been a knight of the Garter for decades, many people believed that he would simply give up the honor along with all of his royal patronages, military appointments and his HRH style. That didn’t happen, and Andrew plans to wear the feathers and velvet of the Order of the Garter this year. This is fine with Queen Elizabeth. It might have been her idea. At the very least, she’s cosigning it. Which led to some questions about just how much time Andrew spends with his mother. The Daily Mirror says they see each other every day.
Prince Andrew is visiting the Queen every day in a bid to make amends for his sex abuse scandal disgrace. The Duke of York is making daily visits to his mother at her Windsor Castle home after being dramatically snubbed from the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
A royal source said: “Andrew is doing all he can to make amends for the shame he brought on his family for being involved in such a scandal. He wants to make it up to the Queen which is why he is doing all he can to see her as much as possible. The rest of the family, apart from Her Majesty, are united in feeling that he should stay out of the limelight and keep quiet having left such a stain on the family.”
Insiders say he has been driving the five miles from his Royal Lodge home to “make sure she is comfortable and looked after”. Royal staff say “you can set your watch” by Andrew’s pre-lunch visits.
One royal insider said: “Although he has clearly been hurt by being cast aside for the Jubilee celebrations, he has been exceedingly chipper of late and appears completely intent on being on hand for his mum while showing the family he is still of some use. He has been a regular daily visitor to the Castle and often pops in to see the Queen before he goes out riding for the day, taking full advantage of the incredible facilities. The Duke sometimes stays after his ride and dines with the Queen.”
Sources say he appeared to make more visits after Prince Harry, 37, revealed he visited the Queen last month, telling a US TV interview that he wanted to make sure she had “the right people around her”. A friend of the Duke said he was “deeply offended” by the comments, adding: “He (Andrew) has been making regular visits to see the Queen, but she is his mother after all.”
First of all, I believe when Harry spoke about the Queen having the “right people around her,” he was referencing Andrew, Charles AND the men in grey, the courtiers and ableist aides. So it’s funny that Andrew is like “she’s my mummy and I’ll visit her every day and persuade her to do all of these things for me, take that, Harry!!” As for those visits and Andrew’s efforts to “do all he can to make amends”… no, he’s not. These visits are not about Andrew checking in on his elderly mother and being there for her with no personal agenda. This is Andrew mooching and manipulating his elderly mother to give him more big-boy presents. He managed to walk her down Westminister Abbey at the service of thanksgiving. He’s clearly persuaded her to allow him to come to Garter Day. He’s likely persuaded her to let him make some Jubbly appearances. This is all about Andrew being a manipulative POS. And Harry had every reason to be concerned.
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