{"id":172938,"date":"2026-03-24T03:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/172938\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:50:41","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsors-jab-at-difficult-queen-elizabeth-ii-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/172938\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s jab at ‘difficult’ Queen Elizabeth II revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

An uncomfortable royal exchange has resurfaced, with a lip reader claiming Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor made a cheeky, eyebrow-raising remark to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during a 2019 Easter service, Wonderwall.com<\/a> can report.<\/p>\n

The monarch, who died in 2022 at 96, was attending church at St. George\u2019s Chapel at Windsor Castle on her 93rd birthday when the moment unfolded in front of cameras.<\/p>\n

A playful rebuke \u2014 or disrespectful banter?
\nA lip reader claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, that she was being \u201cdifficult\u201d as she made her way into Easter church services on her birthday three years before she died. By: MEGA<\/p>\n

According to professional lip reader Nicola Hickling, Mountbatten-Windsor appeared to make a teasing comment to his mother as she passed him at the chapel\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough it is your birthday, you can be quite difficult, you know,\u201d he told the queen, the Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Hickling further noted that the former Duke of York\u2019s daughter Princess Beatrice, who was standing beside her father, seemed amused by the remark, reacting with a quiet giggle.<\/p>\n

Prince William, who was nearby, was also seen reacting, appearing to suck his teeth as the interaction played out.<\/p>\n

The moment drew further attention due to Beatrice\u2019s behavior as the queen entered the chapel.<\/p>\n

Beatrice\u2019s apparent snub
\nPrincess Beatrice raised eyebrows when she failed to curtsy to grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on the monarch\u2019s 93rd birthday. By: MEGA<\/p>\n

While other female royals including Kate Middleton, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Zara Tindall followed tradition and dropped into curtsies as the queen walked by, Beatrice remained upright.<\/p>\n

Her stillness and apparent failure to follow protocol stood in contrast to the more formal greetings around her. Of course, it\u2019s possible she had already seen the monarch earlier in the day and did not need to curtsy a second time.<\/p>\n

But the exchanges didn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n

After Princess Anne addressed her brother, Mountbatten-Windsor appeared to double down, allegedly saying, \u201cShe mustn\u2019t be so difficult, Anne.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hickling suggested the tone of the interaction pointed to a familiar dynamic between the siblings, rather than outright disrespect.<\/p>\n

The lip reader explained that Anne\u2019s reaction, including a glance toward her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, hinted that this kind of teasing may have been typical within the family.<\/p>\n

Royal fallout
\nAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been effectively exiled to a privately owned farmhouse on King Charles III\u2019s Sandringham estate after being evicted from his Crown Estate mansion amid a growing scandal. By: MEGA<\/p>\n

The resurfaced clip comes amid ongoing\u00a0scrutiny of Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s position within the royal family following renewed interest in his ties to predator Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

Widely viewed as the late queen\u2019s favorite son, the former Prince Andrew enjoyed her steadfast support for decades, even as controversy mounted around him.<\/p>\n

The monarch publicly supported her son even as he faced allegations from Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claimed the former royal abused her in 2001. He has always denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The disgraced former royal settled a civil lawsuit from Giuffre in 2022 for a reported $16 million without admitting liability. Reports suggest the queen paid all or at least much of that money on her son\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n

In recent months, King Charles III has taken steps to distance the institution from his brother, stripping him of his royal titles and pledging The Firm\u2019s support to authorities following Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An uncomfortable royal exchange has resurfaced, with a lip reader claiming Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor made a cheeky, eyebrow-raising remark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[15345,9,24,63,17776,1312,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-172938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-princess-beatrice","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}