Prince William was most concerned about his uncle Andrew’s mental health when King Charles decided to strip his younger brother of his royal titles, a journalist said.
According to Canadian-born English journalist and commentator Emily Maitlis, contrary to what was reported in the media, the Prince of Wales did not drive what happened to the former Duke of York.
Speaking on The News Agents podcast, she said: “To be honest, I probably didn’t get it, and I think a lot of people in the media didn’t get it, that Prince William wasn’t actually the one driving this.”
Emily Maitlis said: “I was told that it was actually Prince William who is most concerned about the state of his uncle’s mental health, something he takes very seriously. His work and Kate’s work have been very close to the issues of mental health.”
Buckingham Palace said on Thursday that King Charles stripped his younger brother Andrew of his princely title and forced him out of his Windsor home.
With his action Andrew, the monarch tried to remove the royals from him because of his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Andrew, 65, the younger brother of Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has come under increasing pressure in recent years over his behavior and his ties to the late sex offender Epstein.
In October he was forced to stop using his title Duke of York.
