Prince Andrew has been urged to uninvite himself from public-facing Christmas events this year, following revelations of his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.
REBECCA ENGLISH: King Charles is desperately hoping Andrew will stay away Prince Andrew is facing mounting calls to 'do the right thing' and uninvite himself from the Royal Family's biggest ever annual Christmas lunch and parade to avoid a difficult decision for the King amid the Chinese spy row.
Last week, Andrew became the subject of yet another scandal when it was revealed that a 'close confidant' of the Duke was an alleged Chinese spy who has been banned from entering the UK after an investigation by MI5. Currently Andrew is due to join the rest of his family in Norfolk for Christmas, alongside his ex-wife Sarah as well as daughters Princess Beatrice and Eugenie and their children.King Charles and Queen Camilla are seen leading the family for a Christmas Day church service last year in Sandringham, Norfolk - Andrew is being urged to stay away this yearThey are anticipated to stay in Wood Farm, a large property on the estate.
A source, however, said that, despite his frustration with the Duke of York, Charles has accepted that he can’t ‘divorce or sack’ his younger brother, as ‘there will always be a bond of blood’. King Charles is understood to be furious over his brother Prince Andrew's links to an alleged Chinese spy, which risks tarnishing the reputation of the Royal FamilyAndrew with Sarah, Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mozzi at Sandringham last year
He brought a case to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission after then-home secretary Suella Braverman said he should be excluded from the UK in March 2023. The former civil servant soon became one of Andrew’s closest mentors. Dominic Hampshire, a senior adviser to the duke, told H6 in 2020 he should ‘never underestimate the strength’ of his relationship with Andrew.
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