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DRUNKEN ANDREW HUMILIATES QUEEN!

BRAWLED WITH WILLIAM & INSULTED KATE AFTER CRASHING FAMILY BASH IN BOOZE-FUELED RAGE -PALACE INSIDER

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ROYAL outcast Prince Andrew fell off the wagon after being disowned by his family amid an explosive sex traffickin­g scandal — and brawled with his nephew William after crashing the family Christmas party, palace insiders told

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Once a teetotaler, the disgraced Duke of York has been drowning his sorrows in drink, insiders claimed, and has been causing humiliatin­g scenes as he struggles with his new status as a social pariah. “Being stripped of his royal standing sent

Andrew into a dark and downward spiral,” a high-level royal source revealed in a blockbuste­r ENQUIRER world exclusive. “He’s banned from all royal duties — but he shockingly showed up unannounce­d at a holiday season bash

Her Majesty throws every year for 400 staffers. “I’m told he was agitated and belligeren­t and looked worse for wear. Andrew is a longtime teetotaler, but guests who saw him are convinced he’d been drinking.

“Her Majesty was mortified! She’s at her wit’s end with her favorite son.

“Prince Charles quickly pulled him aside, desperatel­y looking for a way Andrew could make a low-key exit.

The royals could hardly be seen throwing him out! “Eventually Charles got him into a side room where he told his brother he should be ashamed of himself and ordered him to leave!”

But Andrew wasn’t done, royal insiders said.

Just days later, apparently fortified by booze again, he turned up at his mother’s family Christmas bash and unleashed a torrent of abuse at William and

Kate, who have been named Britain’s next king and queen, insiders dished.

“He blames them for being the driving force behind Her Majesty’s decision to fire him — and didn’t hold back,” explained the royal source. “He lashed out at William, accusing him of toadying up to the queen to snatch the crown from Charles. I’m told Andrew yelled, ‘You’re nothing but a spoiled brat! You and your commoner wife make me sick!’

“Then he turned on Kate, shouting at her for banning him from any contact with her kids, George, Charlotte and Louis. The confrontat­ion quickly escalated.

“William stepped in, telling his uncle he couldn’t speak to Kate that way — and Andrew shoved him into a wall!

“Kate screamed out in horror and yelled at her husband to get Andrew out of sight!

“Will was already calling security and his uncle was removed.

“It was a terrible scene. The queen was totally mortified and humiliated. I’m afraid Andrew’s a loose cannon and boozing is making him more desperate and irrational.

“He’s in such an emotional crisis, there are fears he could even take his own life to escape his nightmare!”

The 59-year-old duke threw the royals into their biggest crisis in decades with his close ties to pedophile billionair­e Jeffrey Epstein.

One of the convicted pervert’s “sex slaves,” Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 36, has insisted she was forced to bed Andrew when she was just 17.

In a disastrous TV interview, Andrew tried — and failed — to downplay his friendship with Epstein, who sources said was murdered last

August while awaiting trial on federal sex traffickin­g charges in a New York jail. Epstein’s official cause of death was ruled a suicide — and is surrounded in controvers­y. Denying any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, Andrew said he’d never had sex with Virginia and insisted he’d never even met her — despite a photo of him with his arm around her waist! Since then, the humiliatin­g hits keep coming, including another Epstein gal claiming she had sex with Andrew and a shocking new charge that he was “particular­ly fond” of two women massaging him at the same time. Although the crisis is mounting, pals said they were shocked by talk Andrew has turned to booze. “He’s had many, many lovers but I’ve never known him to touch a drop of alcohol,” revealed a longtime friend.

“He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t take drugs. Sex is his big thing in life. He was known as Randy Andy for a reason when he was younger and it’s never really stopped. He’s a redblooded male, with a girl in every port.”

According to palace insiders, Charles, 71, read Andrew the riot act after he gatecrashe­d the queen’s party and confronted William and Kate. A palace courtier said, “Prince Charles yelled, ‘What were you thinking? Our mother is furious!’

“Andrew tearfully begged his brother to forgive him and help him find his way back into the family. He told Charles he didn’t know where to turn and knows everyone hates him.

“But Charles coldly ignored his brother’s plea, telling Andrew his plight was his own fault. And with the Epstein scandal continuing to explode and threaten the monarchy, he shouldn’t hold his breath waiting to return.

“But he warned his brother if it was true he was boozing, he should quit now! The queen won’t tolerate another drunken outburst.”

 ??  ?? Andrew believes Kate and William are the driving force behind the queen’s decision to fire him, insiders said
Andrew believes Kate and William are the driving force behind the queen’s decision to fire him, insiders said
 ??  ?? Queen Elizabeth is at her wit’s end with
her favorite son!
Queen Elizabeth is at her wit’s end with her favorite son!
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 ??  ?? The Duke of York, a longtime
teetotaler, has turned to alcohol to drown his sorrows, sources claim
The Duke of York, a longtime teetotaler, has turned to alcohol to drown his sorrows, sources claim
 ??  ?? Kate reportedly banned Andrew from having any contact with her kids (from left), Louis, Charlotte and George, according
to palace spies
Kate reportedly banned Andrew from having any contact with her kids (from left), Louis, Charlotte and George, according to palace spies

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