![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/andrews-persistent-lobbying-of-queen-forced-charles-showdown-says-source/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Max-Mumby-Archive.jpg&description=According to a source, King Charles was tipped off that Prince Andrew had been lobbying the ailing Queen in the weeks before her death for a return to public life and "blindsided" him in a meeting where he was told he would never return to royal dutiesKing Charles snubs Andrew in statement to ParliamentKing Charles summoned Prince Andrew to a tense meeting after hearing of his "persistent lobbying" of the Queen for a return to royal life, according to a source. It was previously reported that Andrew was 'blindsided' by his older brother who told him he must accept he will never return to royal duties. The disgraced Duke of York is said to have "always believed there was a way back" to his former role and thought he could "still be of value" to the Royal Family despite his association with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Charles and Andrew reportedly held an early-morning meeting at the King's Birkhall estate in Scotland just days before the Queen's death with the Duke of York's absence from future royal service confirmed. King Charles with younger brother Prince Andrew ( Getty Images) And according to the Daily Mail's Ephraim Hardcastle column, Charles called the meeting after hearing of his brother's pleas to the Queen. It says: "A source whispers that Charles had been tipped off by the Queen's senior staff that Andrew's persistent lobbying of the ailing monarch to restore him as a 'working royal' was taking its toll. "Andrew knew that if his mother didn't rehabilitate him then all hope was gone." Andrew and Charles with their late mother the Queen ( Getty Images) Meanwhile, a source previously told the Mail on Sunday of the meeting: "Andrew was totally blindsided. He is utterly bereft. He always believed there was a way back." While another added: "Naïve as it may sound, he always had hopes of regaining his position as a senior royal. At the meeting, Charles told him that he can go off and have a good life, a nice life, but that his public life as a royal is){kind=link}
According to a source, King Charles was tipped off that Prince Andrew had been lobbying the ailing Queen in the weeks before her death for a return to public life and “blindsided” him in a meeting where he was told he would never return to royal duties
King Charles summoned Prince Andrew to a tense meeting after hearing of his “persistent lobbying” of the Queen for a return to royal life, according to a source.
It was previously reported that Andrew was ‘blindsided’ by his older brother who told him he must accept he will never return to royal duties.
The disgraced Duke of York is said to have “always believed there was a way back” to his former role and thought he could “still be of value” to the Royal Family despite his association with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Charles and Andrew reportedly held an early-morning meeting at the King’s Birkhall estate in Scotland just days before the Queen’s death with the Duke of York’s absence from future royal service confirmed.