Royal family: andrew's 'tone deaf' statement 'not seen by queen'

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The Queen wanted to ensure Prince Charles and Prince William were aware she is still the one in charge despite the two heirs increasingly stepping up in recent months. Royal expert Katie


Nicholl suggested the decision to have Andrew walk her sent a double message to the world and senior Royal Family members like Prince Charles and Prince William. Speaking to True


Royalty's The Royal Beat, Ms Nicholl said: "They knew the result of this... this was the Queen’s way of showing two things. "One, that the buck stops with her, and she makes


the decisions, and secondly that she believes he’s innocent. "She made the point very, very clearly. But Charles and William were very aware of the perspective, of the optics of this.


"Unfortunately, this picture [of Prince Andrew escorting the Queen] has overtaken what should have been a memorial to a great man.” READ MORE