Newsweek - USA (2020-01-03)

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any wish to retire, nor to appoint anyone who might

infringe on her powers, if she can avoid it.”

But the controversy swirling around Andrew in

particular has renewed speculation about a chang-

ing of the guard, giving Charles a more prominent

role and seeming to accelerate a shift in power.

What does the future hold for the British monar-

chy? The queen’s adherence to a “never complain,

never explain” royal code makes it impossible to

know her plans with certainty, but her responses to

the latest family drama provide some telling clues.

The Royal Fallout

it was clear that swift action was needed in

the wake of Andrew’s BBC interview, in which he

fumbled through an explanation of his relation-

ship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,

denied having sex with then-17-year-old Virginia

Roberts (now Giuffre) at Epstein’s London home

and expressed no sympathy for Epstein’s alleged

victims. A YouGov poll taken after the program

aired in November found that 51 percent of the

British public did not believe his explanations and

ROYA LS ON THE JOB

Opposite: The queen at the

opening of Parliament in

October. Clockwise, from

top left: Prince Charles at

a tea on his 70th birthday

in 2018; the queen after

her coronation in 1953;

Princes William and

Harry at a World War I

memorial; Elizabeth and

husband, Prince Philip,

greet well-wishers.

the queen has any wish to retire, nor to appoint

anyone who might INFRINGE ON HER POWERS.”

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