In an unprecedented debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the brother of the King of England, former Prince Andrew, was described as "rude, arrogant, and spoiled" by Labour MP and Secretary of State for Business Chris Bryant. The harsh words in the Westminster Parliament reflect a break with a nearly sacred convention in British politics, according to which any criticism of immediate members of the royal family has always been avoided.

The nightmare for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and by extension for the British royal family, is far from over. Thames Valley Police officers resumed searching one of the three properties shortly after 8:00 a.m. local time this Friday. Yesterday, at the time of the arrest of the brother of King Charles IIIThey began to rummage through the property. The task will be lengthy because the house known as Royal Lodge has 32 rooms. Many doors to open and drawers to empty. The investigation could last for months before the former prince's legal fate is decided. What is already known is that the search will continue until Monday.

Before January 30, when the more than 3.5 million files from the Epstein caseIt was believed – and it was no small thing – that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's connection with the pedophile It was all about parties and sex orgies exploiting and raping women—in some cases minors—according to the victims themselves, who had been recruited by the financier's former partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.

The impact of the arrest of former Prince Andreu The actions of Andrew—who was Queen Elizabeth II's favorite son—represent a deep crack in the very foundations of the British monarchy. This is because it calls into question the premise of its supposed moral exemplarity and transparency to the public. One more detail, however, is crucial to supporting this assertion: the strategy of distancing this black sheep of the family from the Crown has been extremely slow and calculated. It has always been in response to the events and accusations that began to surface about Andrew as early as 2010 and 2011. Buckingham Palace, first under Elizabeth II and now with Charles III as head of the family, has always acted reactively, not proactively. All of this allows us to legitimately think that a member of the royal family has ultimately been condemned to ostracism not because the monarchy acted out of ethical conviction, but out of an instinct for survival in the face of public pressure.

In a message that was nothing short of exceptional, King Charles III revealed this Friday evening a "reduction for next year" in his treatment against the cancer he has"A milestone that is both a personal blessing and a testament to the remarkable progress that has been made in cancer care in recent years," he said during a recorded address broadcast shortly after 8 p.m. on Channel 4. His words opened the special broadcast. Starting in January, the King of England will enter what the Royal Household has described as a "precautionary" phase, having "responded exceptionally well" to the therapy. The duration of this new phase will depend solely on medical judgment. In his speech, the monarch directly appealed to citizens to do their part in the fight against cancer and encouraged them to participate in public health screening programs: "Early detection is key and can transform treatment processes, giving medical teams time to respond." Charles III confessed that he knows "from personal experience" the devastating impact of a diagnosis, but also the importance of identifying the disease early. He explained that this has allowed him "to continue leading a full and active life, even while undergoing treatment." At no point, however, has he revealed the type of cancer he has had since February 2014, but sources at Buckingham Palace have confirmed that it is not prostate cancer, even though surgery at the end of January of that year detected a benign enlargement of the prostate. A few weeks after Charles III moved the British public with his diagnosis, Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William and future queen, announced that he also had cancerAnd almost exactly a year ago, in January 2025, the Princess commented, as the King did today, that her illness was in remission.

With Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoirs now in bookstores in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia, the pressure on the British Crown to draw a definitive red line between King Charles III and the still-Prince Andrew continues to grow, to the point where it can become unbearable. While the woman's account – written in collaboration with journalist Amy Wallace – does not add much new information to what was already known about the behavior of Elizabeth II's third son, it does delve into a wound that continues to bleed, and crudely exposes the lack of principles of a member of the royals and, in general, of the circle of power in which he moved.

The final fall from grace of Prince Andrew, the third son of the late Elizabeth II. The former Duke of York agreed this Friday with King Charles III – an elegant way of saying that he was forced by the crown – to renounce all his royal titles, including that of the aforementioned Dukedom of York, after the "continued accusations" against him have become a distraction from the work of the royal family. The decision comes after a series of new scandals – or a continuation of those that have been dragging on for years – regarding the prince's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased financier and pedophile, as well as his connection to an alleged Chinese espionage affair in the heart of Westminster.

The future king and queen of the United Kingdom, William and Kate, have now found their permanent home. Or at least that's what they want it to seem... After several moves, the couple has settled on Forest Lodge, an eight-bedroom house surrounded by nature and close to London that, far from providing them with the peace of mind they were looking for after her cancer, is causing them a serious backlash of headaches. It's been a long time since British citizens resignedly accepted the designs of their monarchs. Nowadays, when they see something they don't like—or, worse still: when they directly suffer from a royal decision—they come out to strongly criticize it in the media, which is where it hurts the Prince and Princess of Wales the most, the great hope of a monarchy that has been in dire straits since the anti-charismatic Charles and Camilla came to the throne.

Six years after he committed suicide in prison, the financier, billionaire and American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein The scandal continues to rack up victims, in this case second-class victims, in addition to the many women who have accused him of sex trafficking. This time, his ghost has haunted Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and ex-wife of Prince Andrew, also disgraced for his connection to Epstein. The Duchess was removed this Monday as a patron of the children's foundation. Julia's House, a hospice that cares for seriously ill children in southern England; she has also been removed from the Prevent Breast Cancer Foundation and two other charities. The decision follows the revelation this weekend of an email Ferguson sent to Epstein in 2011 in which she portrayed herself as close to the convicted sex offender.

"Actions speak louder than words," Prince Henry of England must have thought, trying to win back the affection of his family, which he worked so hard to lose some time ago. Perhaps now that things are going badly for him—because financially he's in a much worse situation than he was—he's decided that it wasn't enough to use less aggressive language when addressing the media and that some gesture was needed to start making them feel a little less angry at him from the palace, under whose shelter he now seems to want to run again because it's made him look strange without having to attend to any institutional obligations.

Harry and Meghan of Sussex are increasingly resembling a wet apple tree dog. At first, they had bristly, shiny fur, but after dipping their toes in the pool of reality, they resemble a skeletal little rat with only eyes and bones. The couple, who when they left the British monarchy in March 2020 seemed to have a promising private future ahead thanks to their supposed professional talent and social magnetism, have become over time like one of those little dogs when they get wet and reveal the harsh reality behind the pomposity of their furry coat. For the couple, who felt frustrated by the inherent constraints and limitations of the monarchy, time has shown them what we working-class people have known all our lives but that the privileged often forget: we all suffer limitations, but those with fewer resources to cope with them are always worse. Therefore, for better or worse, it was preferable to stay in the palace.

Unlike that of the Spanish royal family, which closed 2024 in the red, the financial health of the royal The British economy is better than ever, which is the same as saying it's almost always been. This is evident from the annual accounts of the Crown Estate, the financial arm of the monarchy, which was released this Tuesday. Annual net profit ending March 2025 was €1.34 billion, similar to the previous year.

Giving gifts is a real headache. Firstly, because if you don't get it right you feel like you're a bad friend who has no idea about the tastes and needs of the loved one you're giving the gift to. And secondly, because you have to spend money that you perhaps need more than the person you're giving the gift to, and it's quite annoying to realize that, on top of that, the very thing you imagined they might find funny will end up forgotten in a drawer. That's why a good option ends up being to give a check that allows them to buy whatever they want, something that, while sad from a more romantic point of view, ends up being a good thought for everyone: easier for you and more practical for the recipient.

William of Wales does not know Welsh. This is the sad reality of the 42-year-old man who knew from birth that he would end up occupying the position of Prince of Wales until he became King of the United Kingdom, a position for which that language should also be, by the way, indispensable. It is hard to believe that for more than four decades in Buckingham no one has had the multinational sensitivity to think that it would not be bad if the first-born son of King Charles III made this part of his subjects feel at least somewhat good when he went to visit them or when he gave them a speech. But we are where we are and that has not happened anymore. From now on, only patches can be made that, who knows, perhaps in the long run they will even end up working. What is clear at the moment is that his level of Welsh has not caught on much among those who speak it.