Former BBC royal reporter Jennie Bond has described King Charles’s choice to strip Prince Andrew of his titles as essentially the most "ruthless and decisive" transfer she has witnessed in additional than three a long time of masking the Royal Household.
Talking to GB Information, Ms Bond stated she was "gobsmacked" by the information and admitted the Palace’s motion marked a stage of severity unseen even throughout the darkest moments in latest royal historical past.
"I’ve been reporting on the Royal Household for greater than three a long time, together with Diana’s demise, and this can be a disaster past something I’ve lined earlier than," she stated.
"King Charles just isn’t a ruthless man however this, it’s a must to say, is ruthless motion.”
The feedback come after it has been revealed that Andrew is to be stripped of his prince title and can now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
It was confirmed right this moment that the King's brother may also transfer out of his dwelling Royal Lodge.
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Ms Bond spoke to GB Information after the information broke, and stated: "King Charles just isn’t a ruthless man.
"However this, it’s a must to say, is ruthless motion. To take the title of prince away from his brother and to demand that he leaves the Royal Lodge, which he had fairly safe tenancy on, it has shocked me.
"I got here on this night to this information and I used to be gobsmacked, however I feel that the clamour from the general public, from the press and from Parliament the King heard that.
"I feel additionally when he was out earlier this week and heard somebody in crowd heckling him about what he knew about Andrew, that was actually one step too far."
Ms Bond added that there would probably be “a sense of aid” contained in the Palace that the difficulty had lastly been handled, following years of controversy surrounding Andrew.
Andrew has confronted controversy lately resulting from his hyperlinks to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The royal has at all times denied the allegations, however Buckingham Palace stated right this moment that there have been "severe lapses of judgment".
In a press release, the Palace stated: "Prince Andrew will now be often known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
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"His lease on Royal Lodge has, so far, offered him with authorized safety to proceed in residence.
"Formal discover has now been served to give up the lease, and he’ll transfer to various non-public lodging.
"These censures are deemed obligatory, however the truth that he continues to disclaim the allegations towards him."
The assertion added: "Their Majesties want to clarify that their ideas and utmost sympathies have been, and can stay with, the victims and survivors of any and all types of abuse."
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