Why didn’t Harry tell all about Andrew? And will A and S now spill the family secrets (please!)?

[JudiRuliani]

I’ve wondered why Harry stayed quiet about Andrew. Surely most - if not all - of the Royals knew more about his ‘activities’ than Jo Public will ever know?

Harry was so bothered about all the misinformation and ‘men in suits’ but seemed to leave Andrew alone. Would he have been subject to non-disclosure rulings, or whatever it is people in the public eye can get to prevent people telling their secrets?

Having seen how much Harry was paid, will Andrew and/or Sarah seek to get gazillions to expose the multitude of skeletons that must surely be in royal closets? What might those secrets be?!

Apologies if this idle nosiness isn’t in the spirit of ‘the royal family’ topic - they’re just a fascinating family and in the grand scheme of weird family dynamics, they’re right up there near the top! Even the most mundane of families have skeletons!

Maybe he didn’t know about it? He was a kid at the time.

Why the feck is this even a question?

Why haven't any of the other family members spoken up? Why focus on just H&M?

Why would he know anything about it?

Why didn’t Harry talk about It’s A Knockout? IIRC one of them is in prison unless he’s died already.

Perhaps Harry didn't know. I can't imagine Andrew holding court about his despicable sexual activities over tea with his nephew.

Andrew won't spill any beans and if Sarah Ferguson was going to do so I think she'd have done it long since.

Andrew is almost 25 years older than Harry and Harry was away at boarding school from the age of eight (before than he was brought up by nannies). Harry’s actual day to day knowledge of Andrew is likely to be negligible with their contact largely revolving around formal events. Andrew has never given any indication of being a fun uncle who is involved with any of his nieces and nephews.

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a poor excuse for another H&M bash thread really

Harry was still a schoolboy at the time so may have known little or nothing about it.

I think he had enough problems growing up (the death of his mother, her very public funeral etc.) without having much, if anything, to do with Uncle Andrew too.

How much do you know about your Uncle’s sex life?!

Harry moved to America when he was, what, 40? 35? I think it’s slightly unrealistic to suggest that he (and William) just thought he was friendly uncle Andrew, oblivious to everything.

Not that I therefore think he should have put it in his book. I just don’t think “he knew nothing” is believable at all.

I agree with previous posters that he was at boarding school so wouldn’t know and just focused on his own life as the typical teen would.

Harry partied with people his own age not international Epstein types. Their circles are very different because of their ages plus when Harry has been linked with women, they are definitely his own age and not underage.

Sorry - it’s absolutely NOT intended to be a H & M bashing thread! I really like them both and dislike the bashing.

TBH I hadn’t thought about the age gap when it was all going on, and H being at boarding school, but I did think maybe it would’ve been spoken about when he was older.

Well he clearly doesn’t think it’s as distressing as being given fewer sausages than his brother or his sister in law being reluctant to share her lipgloss.

I really think Harry had no idea about Andrew. And also, he has a massive chip on his shoulder and a huge ax to grind specifically with William and Charles.

If Harry knew anything about Andrew, he probably just knew to avoid him because, at a minimum, he's unpleasant. Andrew hasn't been a frequent guest at Highgrove has he ...

I think Harry has been very busy living his own life. I don't think he has a lot of bandwidth to think beyond his immediate circumstances (beyond the end of his chapped todger) and it's taken him 40 years to get this far. He was coping with Diana's death, finishing school - Art A Level was a killer, passing out of Sandhurst, on assignment/deployed and looking for a princess.

I think the RF's natural tendency to keep things quiet to avoid publicity means that most of them were unaware just how big a liability Andrew actually is. None of them seems to have spent much time with him. This is probably a combination of living their own lives, as Andrew as too, but also avoiding an unpleasant man. Andrew strikes me as the sort to make the kind of comments that you'd rather he didn't.

I think Charles has never liked Andrew - took his measure early on and began to avoid. I think that whole 'slimmed down' idea has always been about sidelining Andrew because Charles has always known he's a liability. That said, I'm not sure Charles realised how big a liability. Even the Queen was unwilling to look under the rock properly ... Right up until the end she was trying her best to manage Andrew's outrages.

I don't think Andrew will reveal any secrets - he wants his daughters to keep their royal titles. I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah did but I think she had to sign a confidentiality clause when she divorced

Don’t you ever get bored repeating that 🤣

Nope .

Because they’ve done tell-all interviews, a documentary and a sensational book, exposing all kinds of private information about other people.

Despite ANdrew and Ferguson being H’s awful uncle and aunt, the6 instead chose as the victim of their character assassination the softest target of all Catherine, whom H had once described as being like a sister to him. Then he immediately denied Andrew Lownie’s claim that he’d punched Uncle Andy…

Why didn’t H moan about awful Andrew (amongst the huge catalogue of moans about his relations)?

I’ve asked this very question 3 times now on here and NO-ONE ever answers it.

It was clearly of paramount importance to H &M. These are weighty and serious issues - and should not be forgotten.

Then can you answer the question?

I’m losing hope - I’ve asked it myself so many times, just to be ignored.

?? What??

You will be told that Harry is being loyal to B and E but I suspect the answer is a bit closer to home.

Maybe Harry doesn't take aim at Andrew b/c Andrew has no funds to pay him off for silence ... But William and Charles supposedly have millions at their disposal and care about the media smear on their wives. (Andrew doesn't care how SF is smeared ...)

I suspect he didn’t know for sure. Or maybe his thoughts are being saved for Part 2. I’ve no idea why he vehemently denied hitting Andrew, it’s so odd, no one would’ve cared! They’d have been supportive, in fact.

I don’t think anyone in that dire family really truly cares about Virginia’s fate. They’re all in PR overdrive now.