Prince William expertly swerved a question about his disgraced uncle, Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten.<\/p>\n
During an interview on stage at his environmental award, The Earthshot Prize, William was asked by CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour<\/a> about the recent \u201cchange in [his] own family,\u201d an apparent reference to King Charles\u2019 decision to strip Andrew\u2019s \u201cprince\u201d title<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n More from SheKnows<\/p>\n \u201cI think the Earthshot Prize is a classic example of change,\u201d William said, a sharp pivot from the topic of his accused sex offender uncle. \u201cRather than talk about it, we\u2019re doing it. That\u2019s where I want it to be.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThese people in here are the true action heroes of all time, and change will come by backing them, not by what I do,\u201d William said at the awards final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n William, 43, has not spoken publicly about his uncle or the accusation that Andrew, who had close ties to Jeffrey Epstein, sexually abused one of Epstein\u2019s most prominent accusers, Virginia Giuffre<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, it is widely speculated that William has long held resentment towards his uncle over comments Andrew allegedly made about Kate Middleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to an Andrew biography released earlier this year, The Rise and Fall of the Yorks<\/a>, a source claimed that a \u201crude\u201d comment made by Andrew toward William\u2019s wife burned a bridge with the future King and Queen.<\/p>\n \u201cHe believes his father has not dealt with him with sufficient firmness and that Andrew \u2014 and Sarah Ferguson \u2014 have done much to undermine the good work of other members of the Royal Family,\u201d the book read.<\/p>\n After it was announced that King Charles took steps to demote his younger brother from his prince title, sources claimed that it was William who was the \u201creal architect\u201d<\/a> of the move against Andrew. \u201cWilliam made it clear this couldn\u2019t drag on any longer,\u201d a palace insider shared. \u201cHe told his father that if Andrew didn\u2019t go quietly, the family\u2019s image would never recover.\u201d<\/p>\n More News About The Royal Family:<\/p>\n Best of SheKnows<\/p>\n Sign up for SheKnows’ Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William expertly swerved a question about his disgraced uncle, Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten. During an interview on stage at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[56886,77326,458,146,85,46,7393,2054,7386,2469],"class_list":{"0":"post-121921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-andrew","9":"tag-andrew-windsor-mountbatten","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","15":"tag-king-charles","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-sheknows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}