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King Charles III: Will Prince Andrew’s Future in the Royal Family be Determined by the Late Queen’s Funeral?
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II has brought the royal family together, despite their differences.
Prince Andrew, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle all had the opportunity to reconcile with the elder royals after the Queen's death.
The royal family's demonstration of unity has raised hopes for a resolution to the family's dilemma, but it remains unclear whether the funeral was successful in mending past scars.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams stated that there is still a fracture in the royal family, and issues remain with Andrew and other members.
Fitzwilliams believes that Andrew has no future as a senior working royal under King Charles.
However, there may be a chance for him to land a post in the firm out of the public eye.
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Fitzwilliams also stated that there are many unanswered questions regarding the strained relationship between William and Harry.
He believes that future ties with the royal family will depend on the contents of Prince Harry's delayed autobiography, which is scheduled to be published next year.
According to Fitzwilliams, Charles is lucky to have Camilla, his new queen consort, by his side.
She is supportive and will be a great asset to him in the future.
However, reports suggest that Prince Andrew lobbied the Queen to stop Charles from becoming king.
This is not surprising, given that the two brothers have rarely gotten along well together, in part because they have quite different personalities, ideals, and views on life.
Andrew tried to persuade the Queen to oppose Charles marrying Camilla by being venomous, unpleasant, useless, and quite nasty about Camilla.
He believed that Camilla was not to be trusted and insufficiently aristocratic.
Additionally, Andrew had desired to push Prince Charles aside in order to become regent to Prince William, who was then a teenager.
Andrew appears to be concerned that he will be expelled from his residence, the royal lodge, and thrown to the wolves now that Charles is the new king.
The Duke was desperately unhappy with life in the royal family, and Meghan gave Harry the biggest courtesy by taking him out of the royal family.
In March 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left their jobs as members of the royal family.
According to a royal source, Meghan Markle gave Prince Harry the greatest kindness anyone could do to him by assisting in taking him out of the royal family.
Less than two years after their Windsor wedding in 2018, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex divorced from the royal life.
Prince Harry was extremely miserable in the last few years of his working life, even before the royal couple exchanged vows.
Archie, age 3, and Lilibet, age 1, are currently being raised by the couple in Meghan's native California.
At the time, a palace official stated that discussions on the form that the stepping back from the firm would take were at an early stage.
We appreciate their wish to adopt a different strategy, but these are challenging problems that will require time to resolve, they noted.
During the early stages of the rift, five potential possibilities regarding the future of the Sussexes and the royal family were discussed.
Negotiations took place in a good mood, as they discussed how the couple should divide their time and their lives.
However, there was no way for the two parties to achieve an agreement on the crucial issue of freedom, hence the scenarios never came to pass.
Since their departure, the Duke and Duchess have hardly visited the UK.
Prince Harry will travel back in 2021 to see the dedication of a statue honoring the late Princess Diana.
The couple arrived in the city earlier this year to take part in festivities honoring the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
They mostly kept a low profile while attending different events over the long weekend.
During the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II, they stayed in London, with Prince Harry taking part in a vigil of her grandchildren in Westminster Hall prior to her funeral.
It remains to be seen what the future holds for the royal family, but one thing is for sure, the passing of the Queen has brought them together, at least for now.