{"id":191326,"date":"2026-04-09T20:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:35:36","slug":"queen-elizabeth-thought-ex-prince-andrew-was-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191326\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth Thought Ex-Prince Andrew Was &#8216;Vulnerable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth II had a soft spot for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>According to royal biographer Robert Hardman, Her Majesty wasn&#8217;t as hard on the former Duke of York as she was on King Charles III, Princess Anne and Prince Edward.<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on Daily Mail\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15701359\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-hit-vice-admiral-buckingham-palace-robert-hardman-elizabeth-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things<\/a>\u201d podcast, the writer claimed Elizabeth saw Andrew as &#8220;vulnerable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QA3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429237\"\/>King Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne, Prince Philip and Prince Edward pose for a family photo in 2007. By: Anwar Hussein\/MEGA <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was not as bright as the others, he could be boorish and everyone knew that,&#8221; Hardman explained. <\/p>\n<p>The royals expert noted that her blind spot for the 66-year-old was one of the few mistakes she made during her reign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we approach the\u00a0100th birthday of Elizabeth II, that&#8217;s obviously there on the relatively short list of things she got wrong,\u201d Hardman said of her protection of Andrew. \u201cI think she got a lot more right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Years after Elizabeth&#8217;s death, the former Prince of Wales stripped his younger brother of his titles and evicted him form Royal Lodge over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QA4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429249\"\/>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip host a party in 2008. By: Anwar Hussein\/MEGA <\/p>\n<p>In 2026, the disgraced royal was arrested on suspicion of\u00a0misconduct in public office for allegedly giving information to the late criminal while he was the U.K.&#8217;s trade envoy. <\/p>\n<p>Even before Andrew lost it all, author Hugo Vickers claimed his mother was nervous about the hereafter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrew\u2019s problems caused the queen considerable distress in the last years of her life. She was deeply concerned about his future,\u201d he wrote in his biography titled\u00a0Queen Elizabeth II via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/queen-elizabeth-ii-did-not-36946376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Daily Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on\u00a0The New York Times&#8217; &#8220;The Interview&#8221; podcast, journalist\u00a0Tina Brown claimed Andrew was Elizabeth&#8217;s &#8220;favorite&#8221; child. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/QA6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429280\"\/>Queen Elizabeth II and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor exit an aircraft in 1980. By: MEGA <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She protected him, and mommy was his only client, essentially. She was the one who protected him, so unfortunately, it made him worse,&#8221; Brown added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II had a soft spot for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. 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