Andrew Windsor’s nickname from royal staff ‘too rude to air on television’ resurfaces

A member of the royal protection team has revealed the outrageous nickname they had for Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor years ago.

In a resurfaced clip from 60 Minutes, a member of the Royal’s security team said that although the disgraced royal’s official call sign was ‘Purple 41’, staff referred to him by a rather uncouth name.

‘He did have a nickname, but it’s a bit rude to tell you. You wouldn’t be able to air it,’ he said, before finally revealing the nickname.

‘Andrew was known as the c**t. Plain and simple, because unfortunately, he upset everyone he came across.

‘He was the most unpopular member of the royal family while I was there. He was just rude and arrogant, and his sense of self-entitlement was breathtaking.’

The ‘deluded’ ex-prince also tried to tell those kicking him out of the Royal Lodge that he was the Queen’s ‘second son’, The Sun reported.

A royal insider said: ‘He refused to leave or take any responsibility. When he was told to get out, he was so arrogant and deluded that he repeatedly shouted, “But I’m the Queen’s second son, you can’t do this to me”.

‘It is extraordinary he chose to use the Queen’s name in his defence. No one is quite sure if the reality of his dire situation has hit home even yet.’

Andrew has been facing intense scrutiny after his arrest last week, which saw him taken for questioning by Thames Valley Police.

Sources claimed that despite the arrest, he was ‘more bothered about his horses’ than the scandal surrounding his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

He had already been stripped of his titles and exiled from public life before his arrest this week dragged the monarchy into its biggest crisis in decades.

He spent 11 hours in police custody on his 66th birthday before being released under investigation over claims he shared sensitive information with Epstein during his time as the UK’s trade envoy.

Detectives continued to search Andrew’s former home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor, Berkshire, this weekend, as he remained holed up in a cottage tucked away on the King’s Sandringham estate.

Before his arrest, the disgraced former duke did ‘nothing but complain since he got here’, according to a Norfolk source close to the family.

‘It’s extraordinary. He hardly seemed bothered about the Epstein scandal. He was much more worried about where he was supposed to keep his horses,’ they told the Daily Mail.

‘He is in another world.’

The whereabouts of Andrew’s immediate family, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and former wife Sarah ‘Fergie’ Ferguson, are unknown.

Friends of the latter told the Mail she is ‘very, very down’, saying: ‘She feels deeply depressed and that the world is out to get her.’

But they added: ‘What she doesn’t appear to feel is remorse for what has happened. She just wants this to all go away and allow her to get on with her life. Her head is in the sand.’

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