Royal Family News: What Happens Next For Prince Andrew

British royal family news shows that the nation is in mourning for the only monarch the majority of Brits have ever known. Queen Elizabeth died Tuesday at her Balmoral estate at the age of 96. The country is now in a ten day mourning period until her funeral which is Monday, September 19 at Westminster Abbey.

Her family has now walked the grounds of Windsor Castle, surveying the endless amount of floral tributes in her honor, and spoken to those in the crowds, sometimes shaking hands, and in the case of King Charles yesterday, allowing a woman to give him a comforting kiss on his cheek.

Talk will soon turn to what happens next for the various members of the monarchy, with disgraced Prince Andrew the Duke of York who is now eighth in line to the throne, among the most striking examples.

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Royal Family News – What Happens To Prince Andrew?

Today the stepped-down prince, long rumored to be his mother’s favorite child, was seen at Balmoral, with his daughter daughters Beatrice and Eugenie. The trio waved to the crowds and at one point they were clearly teary eyed.

At one point the respectful mourners allowed themselves to forget about Andrew’s contentious past and broke, “into a spontaneous round of applause.”

But what happens next for Andrew, “The Prince, who was exiled from public life after his car-crash Newsnight interview about his friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?”

Royal Family News – Andrew Was Applauded

According to the Daily Mail he told the well-wishers, “We’ve been allowed one day and now we start the process of handing her on.”

Prince Andrew asked a woman in the crowd, “Where have you come from? How long have you been waiting?”

She told the outlet, “It is very sad to see them, they are a family at the end of the day. Prince Andrew asked how long we had waited, it was great to see them all together.”

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Royal Family News: Prince Andrew is in Mourning

Yet one bystander expressed what has been the majority opinion of Andrew saying she, “was reluctant to speak to Prince Andrew … I really didn’t want to. I felt I couldn’t not because other people started to move away from him, so I needed to say something. But I didn’t feel comfortable.”

What is next for Andrew as his older brother King Charles takes the reins? No one is sure at this point, but Andrew has reportedly expressed the desire to return to being a senior working royal. That conundrum will no doubt be one that Charles must resolve in the days to come.

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