{"id":586246,"date":"2026-04-05T03:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586246\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:08:11","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsor-scandal-former-princes-arrogant-gesture-at-easter-2025-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586246\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal: Former prince\u2019s \u2018arrogant\u2019 gesture at Easter 2025 revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">As the royals prepare for Easter Sunday, an expert has unpacked Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s \u201carrogant\u201d behaviour at the family event in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">After a year of shame and isolation, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be spending this Easter alone at Sandringham, but he surprised many when he attended the celebration in 2025. He hadn\u2019t been to a royal event since the previous Easter in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">At the time he still held his princely title, and he joined the family at their traditional Easter Sunday service at St George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3mk41m-StyledText eze0guv9\">Sign up to The Nightly&#8217;s newsletters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r9pdr5-StyledSubText eze0guv8\">Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>By continuing you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/thenightly.com.au\/subscription-terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sevenwestmedia.com.au\/privacy-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">By his side was his ex-wife and long-term confidant Sarah Ferguson, as well as Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Though his public image was already marred by his connection to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he still enjoyed social privileges and was not in his now \u201cexile\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Judi James, a body language expert, broke down Mr Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s behaviour at the 2025 event for <a class=\"css-hwy1qg-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/shamed-andrews-arrogant-gesture-surprise-36916763\">The Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAndrew\u2019s body language made this look like his debutante\u2019s coming out ball as he performed a kind royal quick-step to appear back in the role of second son to the late Queen,\u201d Ms James said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWhile his ex wife Fergie displayed newly-found signals of royal confidence, waving to the crowds, chatting and laughing in her signature animated way and striding forward to greet and chat with the clergy, Andrew waited until the rest of the Firm were in place before suddenly appearing from the gloom of the Chapel doorway where he must have been hiding before making his dramatic entrance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Ms James went on to explain that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s body language signalled a \u201ckind of cocky arrogance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWith his jacket undone he positioned himself in the gap in the middle of the group where he stood with his legs splayed in a pose of confidence. He crossed one arm over his belly and his free hand was used to show a stabbing pointing index finger as he chatted with a rather awkward-looking Commander Tim,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cHe evaporated back into the gloom of the porch once Charles arrived but that also gave him the option of walking into the chapel close behind the King and Queen, perhaps with Fergie who seemed to have nipped to stand behind him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">After King Charles stripped Mr Mountbatten-Windsor of his princely title on October 30, the worst was still yet to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The former prince was shunned amid a fresh wave of scrutiny aimed at those connected to Epstein prompted by the US Department of Justice\u2019s release of the files.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">After spending months \u201ccleaning out\u201d the Royal Lodge, he and Ms Ferguson were officially given the boot in early February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Later that month, having had a few weeks to settle in to Wood Farm at Sandringham, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on his 66th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Police questioned him on the suspicion of misconduct in public office in relation to his former role as UK trade envoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He was grilled for 11 hours before being released back to his family-imposed isolation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">This week it was reported Prince Edward visited Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, making him the first royal to do so in months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The former prince\u2019s own daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, have been isolated from not only their father, but the entire royal family, as they face scrutiny for their own mention in the files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the royals prepare for Easter Sunday, an expert has unpacked Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s \u201carrogant\u201d behaviour at the family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,13935,41,39,42,40,1720],"class_list":["post-586246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-royals","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}