How Royal ‘Family Unity’ Saved Prince Andrew

As a sea of sordid allegations has roiled around Prince Andrew over the past seven days, the royals have responded by doing what they usually do at moments of crisis: nothing at all.

Despite the fact that, as The Daily Beast reported this week, Prince William fears more revelations and is bemused and unimpressed by his father’s decision to publicly stand by Andrew and continue to actively associate him with the institution, most notably by including him in the royal party walking to church on Christmas morning last month, there has been no meeting or summit between William and King Charles in the past week to discuss the issue, sources say.

Friends of Charles and Andrew argued this was unsurprising, given that this week’s allegations are “unproven” and not, they say, new.

Read more at The Daily Beast.