'Terrible man and bully': Queen's press secretary takes a public stance against Prince Andrew
Created: 08/10/2022, 20:07
By: Annemarie Goebbel
Prince Andrew apparently had a lot to hide behind palace walls.
In a new documentary, he is mercilessly accused by ex-employees.
Is a new scandal looming?
London – Again Prince Andrew (62) gets the worst possible headlines.
The new documentary "Prince Andrew: Banished", which recently premiered on the US streaming service "Peacock", is about the wild and unfortunately also desert life of the disgraced son Queen Elizabeth II. (96, † 2022).
Verbal low blows defame the alleged favorite son of the Queen
After years of tugging in court, Prince Andrew reached a settlement with plaintiff Virginia Giuffre (39) earlier this year.
Through his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein (66, † 2019) and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell (60), he was suspected of sexually abusing a minor.
Although paying a large sum could not absolve him of a possible guilt, the out-of-court settlement was not an admission of guilt either.
The statements of former employees who have their say in the documentary now weigh all the more heavily.
Former Queen Elizabeth II Press Secretary Dickie Arbiter doesn't have much good to say about Prince Andrew (photomontage).
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From 1988 to 2000 Dickie Arbiter (82) worked as the Queen's press secretary and has his say as an expert in the Peacock documentary.
"The problem is that the man is an idiot," he said bluntly,
as reported by pagesix.com.
Arbiter, who was also King Charles III's media manager for many years.
(74) does not accept any psychological attempts to explain the behavior.
Former security guard Paul Page also comes to a harsh judgment in the documentary:
"You would think that a member of the royal family should have decency and respect for the staff who are looking after them.
This is not the case with Andrew.
He's a horrible person and a bully."
Will there be a new scandal after the documentary was broadcast?
"There's always a weakling in the litter and that was Andrew," explains Arbiter, who pointed out that the late Queen's other three offspring - Charles, Prince Edward, 58, and Princess Anne, 72, did not have Andrew's alleged bad manners .
The Queen was forced to relieve her son of his royal duties when public pressure became too great.
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He suspects the monarch endured the dreadful behavior of the Duke of York, who was stripped of all titles and barred from official office in 2022, because he was her long-time favourite.
Until the very end, she held a protective hand over her second-born son as far as she could, presented Andrew to the whole world as a support at her side in the truest sense of the word when she was already severely restricted in motor skills at the memorial service for Prince Philips (99, † 2021) in Westminster Abbey visited.
Sources used:
pagesix.com, nypost.com
