Royal family: Prince Andrew's secret visits to Queen Elizabeth

Dismissed from the Crown since the accusations of sexual abuse on Virginia Giuffre, one of the alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew is living through dark times.

In mid-January, he saw himself withdrawing his military titles and royal patronage, before going to isolate himself at the Royal Lodge, a mansion located a few kilometers from Windsor Castle.

If he is becoming more and more discreet, tongues have been loosened since his withdrawal, with sordid revelations in the front pages of the tabloids.

Former employees who came out of the silence called him a capricious, bizarre, even “scary” man.

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Banned from society, the Duke of York must now hide.

As revealed by the British newspaper

on Saturday February 20, he would have visited his mother, every evening, last week.

Meetings away from prying eyes.

But what did they say to each other?

Surely they discussed the financial agreement concluded with the victim Virginia Giuffre, up to 12 million pounds (14.4 million euros).

Indeed, on February 15, the

revealed that the sovereign and Prince Charles had agreed to grant him a family loan, so that he could pay his debt.

"He knows there are photographers around during the day and his best chance of avoiding them is after dark," a source told the tabloid.

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Apologize

But Prince Andrew, shaken by the situation, would have especially taken advantage of these intimate moments with his mother, aged 95, to apologize to him.

“He knows he has to be discreet, lower his head.

He is extremely contrite and has apologized to the Queen for all the trouble he has caused her,” the insider said.

And to add: “He realizes the gravity of this affair and the damage it has caused to the monarchy.”

After the death of Philip Mountbatten last April, the conflicts with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the accusations against Prince Andrew dealt an additional blow and tarnished the image of the royal family a little more.

And this, a few months before the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, which will take place in July.

“He is so grateful for his support,” the source continued.

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Also according to information from the

, this would not be the first time that the queen and her son have exchanged on the sly.

Last summer, they notably met in Balmoral, Scotland.

Faithful to her family, it would also seem that she had flowers and a card delivered to Prince Andrew, in his domain of the Royal Lodge, Saturday, February 19, on the occasion of his 62nd birthday.