Prince Harry has become the first royal to publicly criticize Prince Andrew – and the comments could strain one of his family’s closest ties.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, is very close to his younger cousin Princess Eugenie, 32, who is the daughter of the Duke of York.
But her friendship with her loyal cousin didn’t stop her from exposing Prince Andrew’s sex scandal in her book Spare.
Writing in the biography, Harry said: ‘Despite being involved in an embarrassing scandal, accused of sexually abusing a young woman, no one suggested removing his security.’
Prince Harry is the first royal to publicly criticize Prince Andrew – and the comments could strain one of his family’s closest bonds (pictured with Princess Eugenie in 2016)
In his new book, Harry asked if the royal family could relax their security after his wife Meghan left Britain for North America.
But she says she told him ‘no way’, considering her uncle still gets protection.
Harry told him there was an ‘obligation’ and an ‘underlying commitment’ to protect them.
Pushed by Meghan if it would ever be removed, she said: ‘Never.
Not in this hate environment. And not after what happened to my mother.’
The Duke of Sussex added: ‘Also, not in terms of my uncle Andrew.
Despite being embroiled in a shameful scandal, and accused of sexually assaulting a young girl, no one suggested removing his security.
There are plenty of reasons for people to complain about us, sex crimes weren’t one of them.’
Prince Andrew has always denied the allegations.
However, once the couple stopped working for the royal family and moved to the United States, they no longer enjoyed the security afforded to the royal family.
Prince Harry is the first royal to publicly criticize Prince Andrew, citing ‘shameless scandal’ in his biography
