Prince Andrew is 'banished from royal life forever' says Myers

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Richard Fitzwilliams, 72, argued the controversy surrounding Prince Andrew, 61, was not necessarily a “catastrophe” for the Firm despite an “extremely difficult” couple of years. Speaking to GB News’ Mark Dolan, 47, Mr Fitzwilliams said: “The Royal Family most certainly can survive this.

“There is no doubt, in my opinion, that Andrew is a deplorable disgrace but let’s get this in some sort of proportion.”

Queen Elizabeth II, 95, removed the Duke of York’s honorary military titles and Andrew gave up his HRH style after an American judge ruled the civil sex case against the Prince will go ahead.

Virginia Giuffre, 38, has alleged the Duke of York sexually abused her when she was 17.

Prince Andrew vehemently denies these claims.

But Mr Fitzwilliams, who edited The International Who’s Who from 1975 to 2001, went on to highlight how the Royal Family had been rocked at other moments in their history.

He said: “The monarchy goes back over a thousand years continuously, except for the Civil War.

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“Now if you were in the 1860s there was a crisis because after Albert’s tragic death Victoria went into seclusion.

“In 1936, when Edward VIII abdicated, this was a crisis and it was a very serious crisis, something nonetheless the monarchy coped with and became exemplars of what would you call ‘us four’, the ideal family, and in wartime it was very significant.

“The 1990s were full of disasters of one sort or another, symbolised by the Windsor fire, the war of the Waleses and so forth, and of course there was Diana’s tragic death and the response to something we hadn’t seen before.

“So we really must look at the last couple of years, which has undoubtedly been extremely difficult for the Royal Family, in a certain context.

“The fact that the Sussexes stepped back only to step down, indeed a very serious misfortune.

“Andrew is a catastrophe but so far as the institution is concerned, bearing in mind that on February 6 the Queen celebrates 70-years on the throne, so this is her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Victoria had a Diamond Jubilee, no other monarch has reigned so long but also the dedication to duty.

“The fact that symbolically she, above party politics, someone who is the world’s best known head of state and the only link now, as head of state, to the Second World War.

“As someone who is renowned for her sagacity and her experience.

“This is something to celebrate.”

Mr Fitzwilliams also pointed out how Prince Charles’ climate change campaign could be useful for the Royal Family.

The Prince of Wales and the monarch continue to register positive approval ratings in YouGov’s opinion polls.

Charles’ rating currently stands at +27 percent, up by two points since Andrew’s interview with Emily Maitlis, 51, in November 2019.

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The Queen’s rating, which stands at an emphatic +71 percent, has also increased by two percent since the Duke’s interview on the BBC.

In contrast, Prince Andrew’s net approval has fallen from -36 percent in October 2019 to -73 percent.

The total number of Brits who support the UK continuing to have a monarchy in the future stands at 61 percent, according to a YouGov poll from May 2021.

This is marginally down on the 65 percent who told the same pollster they supported the monarchy in November 2019.

However, amongst young people there has been a switch in favour of the UK becoming a republic as support for the Royal Family tumbled from 46 percent to just 31 percent.

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