Royal Family news reveals that a new book is saying that King Charles III made a sort of “informal quid pro quo” deal with Queen Elizabeth II regarding his wife’s future title, Queen Consort, instead of Princess Consort. Read on and we’ll give you the low down.
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Royal Family News – Manipulating the Queen?
Royal Family news reveals that according to TODAY a new book by royal biographer Christopher Anderson says that Charles made an “informal quid pro quo” deal with his mother to make his wife Camilla, the queen consort.
In his new book “The King: The Life of Charles III,” Christopher Anderson alleges that Camilla got her title after her husband suggested that Queen Elizabeth make a statement of support for Camilla to become queen consort in the wake of Prince Andrew’s sex abuse lawsuit (via Yahoo!).
You Scratch my Back, I’ll Scratch Yours
Highly trusted sources that Anderson cites in his book said that Charles privately asked Elizabeth to get behind Camilla as queen consort in an “informal quid pro quo.” The reasoning was that, with Elizabeth spending money to help Andrew’s lawsuit, it would come out of Charles’ inheritance.
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In a statement to NBC News, Buckingham Palace called Anderson’s claims “nonsense,” “unsourced,” and “categorically untrue.” Anderson, of course, clapped back at the palace, saying that the response was “standard procedure.”
“Actually, when they bother to issue a statement about a book, you know you’ve struck a nerve,” he said, adding that he’d been “covering the Royal Family for 50 years.” He did emphasize that his book was “an unauthorized biography” and so would be “much more accurate than what the palace would provide.”
The Business With Prince Andrew
Anderson told Us Weekly about the quid pro quo conversation on Monday, that Charles, with Prince William’s backing, was instrumental in ensuring that “Andrew was more or less drummed out of the family.”
Royal watchers will recall, the 62-year-old Duke of York, whose association with the disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein made headlines in the fall of 2019. Later that year, the duke stepped back from royal duties after accusations of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on multiple occasions.
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He was subsequently stripped of his royal patronage and military titles months later after his accuser Virginia Guiffre filed a lawsuit against him accusing him of sexual assault and emotional distress. Within the next month, Andrew settled the lawsuit reportedly from financial assistance from Queen Elizabeth II.
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