All the Windsors together at Balmoral, also the disowned Prince Andrew

The delicate state of health of Queen Elizabeth II has put the entire Windsor family on alert, which has mobilized to gather around the sovereign. Also the Duke of York, who for months had remained in the darkest ostracism for his connection with the sex trafficking network of his friend, the tycoon Jeffrey Epstein. It was the Queen who ‘rehabilitated’ her son last March, at the funeral in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh. Now the sovereign’s health becomes the nexus of the whole family.

All together at Balmoral Castle. Carlos, Eduardo, Ana and also, Andrés. This morning’s statement from Buckingham warning about the “concern” of doctors for the health of the monarch has caused the immediate mobilization of her children.

A statement from Buckingham Palace:https://t.co/2x2oD289nL

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022

As reported by the British press, the Duke of York is heading to his mother’s residence in the Scottish Highlands, where he has spent the last few weeks of summer. His brother Carlos, accompanied by Camilla, arrived at Balmoral this very morning. Ana and Eduardo are on their way.

Andrés was stripped of his titles by his own mother earlier this year and has no representational duties or functions at The Firm (the House).

The ‘rehabilitation’ of Andrés

The way the queen chose to send her message of rapprochement and acceptance to her disowned son to the world was on the anniversary of Philip of Edinburgh’s death at Westminster Abbey in March. Isabel II was walking arm in arm in a scene that also aroused a huge discrepancy within the Windsors, since Andrés, with that gesture, replaced Carlos, who due to his status as heir should have assumed that leading role.