King Charles has been warned over the future of the monarchy by a friend of his late ex-wife, Princess Diana, amid the ongoing Andrew and Epstein scandal.
It’s been a difficult 2026 so far for the royals, with the king’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sensationally arrested on his birthday last week.
King Charles warned over future of monarchy amid Andrew scandal
During last night’s edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored, Diana’s former butler and confidante, Paul Burrell, urged the king to consider abdication in a bid to save the monarchy.
Paul, 67, was butler to Diana for 10 years from 1987 up until her death in 1997.
The monarchy has been rocked in recent months amid fresh scrutiny over Andrew’s association with the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
Following the release of millions of Epstein files in January, Andrew faced allegations that he may have sent confidential and sensitive documents to Epstein during his time as the UK’s trade envoy in 2010.
Then, the disgraced royal was arrested last week on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was released under investigation.
Now, Paul has shared his thoughts on the scandal.
Speaking to Piers Morgan, Paul said: “I’ve always said, the monarchy is only there for as long as the people want them there.
“And the latest poll shows that only 51% of the United Kingdom supports the monarchy.”
“That’s pretty low,” he warned. “We’ve never been as low as that.”
Paul Burrell issues warning to royal family
“But, you know that Andrew was obnoxious, entitled, spoiled, greedy, and, he thought, [he] was untouchable,” Paul then said.
“And, until this time, all members of the royal family have been untouchable.”
The former royal butler then said that what we “need” is “transparency” from the royal family.
“Thankfully, William and Kate are untouchable at this moment in time,” he continued.
“Our future king and queen have no blemish. And if it comes to push and shove, and the king has to decide whether it’s him, as King Charles III, or the monarchy, it has to be him.”
“I mean, the monarchy has to be bigger than any one person,” he added. “So, it’s in safe hands if it goes to William.”
Palace need to show ‘they care’
“But don’t leave it too late,” Paul then warned. “Because you know the palace moves at a snail’s pace. And they have to be on top of this.
“The palace needs to be on top of this inside the palace walls. They need to show the public that they care.”
George Clarke had his Strictly co-star rallying around after he made a sad confession ahead of the next live show.
The YouTuber is one of many famous faces taking part in this year’s series of the glitzy BBC One show. Partnered with Alexis Warr, the pair have become firm favourites so far.
However, ahead of his next Strictly dance, George made a heartbreaking confession, revealing that the upcoming “performance is everything to me”.
George Clarke on ‘pressure’ ahead of Strictly dance
On Strictly last week, George and Alexis scored their highest score yet, bagging 34 for their Viennese Waltz to Queen’s Somebody To Love.
And this weekend, the pair will be back on the dance floor to perform a Rumba to the Lily Allen version of the Keane song, Somewhere Only We Know.
On It Takes Two on Wednesday (November 12) the pair spoke about their upcoming routine. “This was the one song you wanted to dance on Strictly. So how special will it be?” host Janette Manrara asked him.
George replied: “It definitely will be. Especially considering the past few weeks have been much much more ‘ok I can do the steps but can I perform’.”
Janette supports George Clarke
Talking about Saturday’s dance, he went on: “I feel like the steps are very important but the performance is everything to me because it’s a song that means a lot to me and my family.
“And yeah it is hard this week to not put the pressure on myself because it is a dance that I want to get right even more so.”
Janette then supported George and reassured him: “You have got to let that go so you can enjoy it because it is about enjoyment. Like we was this past week.”
What is the special meaning behind song?
George revealed last week the heartwarming reason behind him wanting to dance to Somewhere Only We Know.
He shared: “So my sister sang the song Somewhere Only We Know at my grandad’s funeral and it’s a song that means a lot to my whole family.
“My mum has had a lot of trouble in the last 10 years so I thought it’d be nice to use this platform to devote something to her and the rest of the family. Hopefully they’ll be less on the edge of their seat wondering if it’s going to go wrong.”
Who left Strictly last weekend?
Last week, George managed to make it through to the next week of the competition. However, it was La Voix and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey who found themselves in the dance-off.
After they performed, Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke all voted to save La Voix.
This meant that – after his mistake last week – Harry was sent home from the competition.
And it’s fair to say fans were not too happy with the results. One person fumed on X at the time: “Correct bottom two, but tbh La Voix should’ve left over Harry based on both tonight and the competition overall.”
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Paul continued, saying that the palace needs to show the public that “they are dealing with this”.
“No more fluffing around, and no more excuses,” he then insisted. “I really think it’s time for decisive action with our monarchy. Otherwise, we’ll lose it.”
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