do siblings prince andrew and princess
anne get along considering andrew's
alleged role in jeffrey epstein's sex
trafficking ring hard to say but their
history is quite revealing
prince andrew and princess anne are two
of the four children of queen elizabeth
ii and the late prince philip they are
the two middle children in between their
two other siblings prince charles the
eldest and prince edward the youngest
prince andrew has frequently made
headlines over the years from various
scandals from his messy and dramatic
marriage and divorce to royal faux pas
to the latest scandal caused by his
association with the late jeffrey
epstein you were staying at the house as
a convicted sex offender
it was a convenient place to stay but
where does anne fit into his scandalous
lifestyle like most siblings andrew and
anne have a lot in common and a lot to
argue about from family drama to the
trials of political life there is likely
way more going on behind the scenes than
we will ever know for sure but that
doesn't mean we can't pry a little
compared to how princess anne and older
brother prince charles were treated as
children prince andrew was spoiled to
put it mildly andrew has frequently been
rumored to be his mother's favorite so
much so that netflix the crown even
included this as the theme of an episode
in season four everyone knows who your
favorite is
do they yes while it could merely be
that the queen had more time to commit
to motherhood when she had her second
two children compared to her first two
since her older two children were born
just before she became queen the
evidence that she paid special attention
to andrew is a bit too convincing to
ignore according to the daily mail
andrew had reported seven nurseries in
four different palaces and even as a
baby was called baby grumpling and other
nicknames poking fun at his tendency to
get into trouble his knack for trouble
followed him throughout his life but he
never seemed to be punished too severely
if at all the daily mail noted a
particular instance of andrew's
pompousness when he underplayed a
tragedy while visiting lockerbie where
pan am flight 103 crashed in december
1988 killing 11 locals on the ground
243 passengers and 16 crew members
andrew told those grieving in lockerbie
that the tragedy was much worse for the
americans which numbers-wise was true it
was still thoughtless and unprofessional
considering 270 people had been killed
in total after a bomb on board the plane
exploded leading to the crash
the queen responded to andrew's
insensitive behavior by simply saying i
wish i had gone
those who frequently watch netflix's the
crown may already be aware but despite
being younger than princess anne prince
andrew was next in line for the throne
after their elder brother prince charles
and his children this is due to a
technicality under the succession of the
crown act of 2013 which states quote the
gender of a person born after october 28
2011 does not give that person or that
person's descendants precedence over any
other person whenever born when
determining the succession of the crown
according to express after prince andrew
was stripped of his royal privileges
many citizens of the uk came out to say
that princess anne would make a better
ruler than any of her siblings one
express reader commented now is the time
to right a wrong and end discrimination
against our excellent princess anne i
know what you mean
according to vanity fair despite being
in her 70s now princess anne continues
to work even as prince andrew was pushed
into retirement after the scandal of his
association with the late jeffrey
epstein was brought to light
considering that princess anne and
prince andrew are kind of opposites it
seems likely that the two may not always
get along princess anne has been known
for her straightforward nature and she
is the self-described boring old
fuddy-duddy at the back saying don't
forget the basics according to vanity
fair in contrast prince andrew is well
known for not being too serious and
having perhaps a little bit too much fun
on occasion opposing personalities
normally can be overlooked for the sake
of familial obligation and love but that
may not always be enough to keep
squabbles at bay according to david lee
co-author of the duchess of york
uncensored and once called sarah
ferguson andrew's wife an outsider at a
family lunch and there was a furious row
between andrew and anne after ferguson
left the lunch crying prince andrew
demanded that anne apologize and she
reportedly did
despite differing personalities and some
occasional tension all too common
amongst siblings princess anne and
prince andrew have quite a bit in common
for one thing they both went through
very public breakups the very same year
in 1992 both prince andrew and princess
anne experienced changes within their
marriages andrew and his wife sarah
ferguson legally separated that year
though they weren't officially divorced
until 1996 and in april of 1992 princess
anne officially divorced her husband
mark phillips she later married timothy
lawrence in december of the same year
another thing andrew and anne have in
common is that they both have two
children and has a son peter and a
daughter zara anne and andrew has two
daughters princess beatrice and princess
eugenie while we're sure their
experiences varied it's possible they
exchanged parenting advice as most
siblings in similar situations would
after prince andrew's past came back to
haunt him and he began dealing with the
legal fallout of having been associated
with the late jeffrey epstein princess
anne and the rest of her siblings got
together to discuss what would come to
be referred to as the andrew problem a
source told the daily mail the three
siblings held several meetings one of
which included prince andrew they were
all in agreement which took the pressure
off their mother but it is the queen
ultimately who still has the power here
the source explained how the queen's
eldest son prince charles and prince
andrew quote aren't particularly close
so it was important that any meetings
were held with anne and edward present
this could be seen in one of two ways
one it could be seen as the siblings
getting together to bully andrew out of
his royal and military titles leaving
him essentially an outcast or two it can
be seen as all the siblings andrew
included coming together to discuss how
to take the pressure off their mother
after andrew's attempt at getting the
court case dismissed failed either way
the family at least came together to
handle the news
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