Queen Elizabeth Wasn’t Consulted Over Prince Andrew’s Interview, Duke’s Private Office Lacks Accountability

Queen Elizabeth didn’t approve Prince Andrew’s interview before it aired last week. However, Buckingham Palace revealed that she knew about it.

While speaking with Express, a royal insider said that the Duke of York’s recent move is concerning because it shows that his private office is operating on its own.

“It’s extraordinary how this has unfolded, without any real consultation with the Palace press office or even the Queen’s private office. It does seem as if the Duke of York’s private office is operating in a silo, which is really quite dangerous because there is a lack of accountability there. Internally, this is being seen as an [expletive] up,” the source said.

Readers of the publication also said that Prince Andrew made the wrong decision to give an interview with the BBC about his alleged sex scandal. Out of the 4,107 readers who participated in the poll, 2,865 or 70 percent said that Prince Andrew shouldn’t have given his interview.

Only 24 percent or 991 respondents said that Sarah Ferguson's husband did the right thing by giving the interview and 251 respondents of 6 percent said that they didn’t know the answer to the question.

Meanwhile, Prince Charles is also reportedly horrified by Prince Andrew’s television debacle. On his Twitter account, Royal Central editor Charlie Proctor said that he expected a train wreck with Prince Andrew’s interview but it turned out to be much worse.

“That was a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion level bad,” he wrote.

Kate Williams, a royal history specialist, predicted that the royal household will be on damage control after Prince Andrew’s interview. “He has to go. Simply, last night was really a burning of the bridges, I think, for Prince Andrew,” she said.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Express that not a lot of people know who Prince Andrew was before his interview. But now they know that he’s a shockingly inadequate communicator.