Additional complicating issues is Princess Märtha Louise, who stepped again from royal duties after her relationship with Durek Verrett, a self-styled shaman who promotes conspiracy theories and various well being claims.
Their Netflix documentary, Insurgent Royals: An Unlikely Love Story, has been criticized for commercializing royalty.
“This type of publicity additionally makes Andrew’s scenario look virtually restrained,” one European royal aide mentioned.
Belgium has its personal downside prince in Laurent, the youthful brother of King Philippe.
Generally known as the “cursed prince,” Laurent has been embroiled in repeated controversies, from unpaid payments to unauthorized diplomatic appearances.
This 12 months, he misplaced a authorized combat to safe social safety advantages on high of his $375,000 annual allowance and publicly acknowledged a 25-year-old son from an extramarital relationship.