Although the former prince is living a reclusive life as he prepares to move to Sandringham, a royal expert believes that despite his lonely situation, the disgraced royal is unlikely to recognize his mistakes.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was spotted earlier this week for the first time since losing his royal titles and being removed from the Royal Lodge, the Mirror reports.
On Monday, the former prince was seen riding a horse around the Windsor estate, breaking his cover for the first time in several weeks.
Andrew is still residing in the Royal Lodge - his home for over 20 years with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - as he waits to move to the Sandringham estate in the new year, after being evicted from the 30-room mansion by his brother King Charles following the ongoing Epstein scandal.
While Andrew spends time away from the spotlight in the Royal Lodge, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond believes the former prince would be feeling ‘humiliated’ after being stripped of his titles, as he continues to deny the allegations against him.
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Jennie told the Mirror: “I’m sure he’s feeling humiliated and, by all accounts, angry. You have to remember that he has consistently protested his innocence. Therefore, he feels wronged. But the reality is he now has just a few weeks left before he has to leave Royal Lodge, which has been his home for more than 20 years.”
With Andrew set to move into a home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk in the new year, the royal expert claimed he will have to learn to do a lot for himself, as the privileges of royal life have been removed.
“I don’t think Andrew is the sort of person who will ever feel humble,” she said. “That’s not in his nature. I think he will expect to have staff in his new home, as I don’t imagine he has the first idea about how to cook, clean, or shop.”
While the former prince’s reputation has been shattered due to his connection with billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Jennie said there is one thing Andrew could do to show remorse for his actions.
She said: “One thing he could do to show some remorse (for, at the very least, his bad judgment in befriending Epstein) is to cooperate with the Congressional committee and tell them what he saw and what he knows. At the moment, though, that seems unlikely.”
The former Prince has been summoned by the Congressional House Oversight Committee’s ranking Democrat as it investigates pedophile Epstein’s activities in the US, with Congressional investigators saying in a letter they want his assistance to "uncover the identities of Mr. Epstein’s co-conspirators and enablers".
Suhas Subramanyam, one of the Democrat members of the committee, told The Guardian that the former duke "has been hiding from us, and I think he will continue to try to hide from people doing meaningful investigations of this matter".
"It seems like every time we find more evidence, Andrew seems to be in the documents," he added. "And so I think if he is hoping that the story will just go away by ignoring us and being silent, he will be sorely disappointed, as we continue to pursue this over the next year and beyond."
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