Queen Elizabeth Read ‘Riot Act’ To Princes Charles, Andrew For This Reason

Queen Elizabeth II reportedly read the riot act to her sons Prince Charles and Prince Andrew following a crisis in Sandringham in 1995.

In Channel 5’s documentary “Paxman on the Queen’s Children,” royal expert Jeremy Paxman discussed the breakdown of Prince Charles' marriage to Princess Diana and Prince Andrew’s marriage to Sarah Ferguson. Both couples separated in 1992.

Major scandals followed the female royals after their separation, with Ferguson being involved in a toe-sucking scandal and Princess Diana giving a controversial interview with Panorama. After the Princess of Wales’ interview aired in 1995, Her Majesty apparently decided that enough was enough.

“Her Majesty had a plan to take back control from her wayward children,” Paxman said.

Phil Dampier, a royal reporter, was the one who broke the news of the Queen issuing an ultimatum to her two sons.

“The Queen had summoned her children to what you can only describe as a summit, at Sandringham. The monarchy itself was in peril, it was such a low ebb,” he said.

Her Majesty felt the need to step in because the monarchy was in such a bad state. She encouraged her sons to divorce their wives by reading the riot act to them, and they did as they were told in 1996.

Prince Andrew and Ferguson were first to finalize their divorce in May 1986, and there were rumors claiming that the mom of two received a huge settlement from the royal family.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s divorce was finalized in August 1996, with the latter receiving an even bigger lump sum settlement from the royal family.

Princess Diana and Ferguson both lost the “Her Royal Highness” title after their divorce. Prince Andrew’s ex-wife is now known as Sarah, the Duchess of York. Princess Diana continues to be called the Princess of Wales, but she passed away one year after her divorce was finalized on Aug. 31, 1997, following a fatal car crash in Paris.