KEY POINTS

  • Prince Andrew allowed his ex-girlfriend to sit on the Queen's throne
  • Prince Andrew reportedly allowed model Caprice Bourret to steal an item from the palace
  • Queen Elizabeth II removed "HRH" in her birthday greeting to Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew reportedly let his girlfriend sit on Queen Elizabeth II’s throne and smuggle a royal hardware.

Many believe that the Queen’s favorite son is the Duke of York. However, according to royal expert Angela Mollard, he made a disrespectful act to the monarch after his split from Sarah Ferguson and when he was dating supermodel Caprice Bourret.

Prince Andrew and Bourret reportedly met at a friend’s dinner party where they were seated next to each other on the same table. They developed a platonic friendship that lasted about two months.

“She dated Prince Andrew for a couple of years after the whole Fergie thing and then put him on to a friend of hers instead. But she’s talked about going to the palace and Andrew let her sit on the Queen’s throne which seems pretty disrespectful to me,” royal expert Angela Mollard said in New Idea’s “ROYALS” podcast.

Aside from that, the duke allegedly allowed Bourret to smuggle an item out of the palace.

“The other thing is Caprice quite fancied a bowl she saw in the palace so she said to Prince Andrew, ‘can I take that and post it to my mum? and he said yes. She nicked a piece of the royal hardware. I’m sure they’ve got plenty of bowls and I would love to know what bowl it was.”

Co-host Zoe Burrell added that the item could be one of the fancy bowls or ornate in the palace that’s worth a bit of money. Mollard suggested that the royals should be careful because people would try to steal something from them.

Meanwhile, last month Prince Andrew celebrated his 60th birthday. However, many noticed that the Queen removed the “HRH” title when she greeted him. In the previous years, Her Majesty had always included “HRH,” so her most recent birthday greeting sparked rumors that the Duke of York was stripped of his royal title.

Due to the string of controversies involving Prince Andrew, some urged Queen Elizabeth II to ban him on the next Trooping the Colour. A senior military figure felt that the duke’s presence at the event would only tarnish the monarch’s reputation.

“Prince Andrew’s participation in the event would very likely and unfairly damage the reputation of the Queen and the monarchy, and he’s already stirred up enough problems for them,” a military official said.

A growing number of organizations have distanced themselves from Prince Andrew
A growing number of organizations have distanced themselves from Prince Andrew AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA