By Katherine Tinsley
4:40pm PST, Jan 5, 2026
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Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of assault, detailed their encounters in her posthumous memoir. Mountbatten-Windsor denied the allegations, but King Charles III nonetheless stripped his brother of his princely status after the book's publication.
"It also makes me wonder what he's actually doing. We only ever see him horse-riding. There was a long article in the Telegraph this week — my colleague Hannah wrote a really good piece asking what he actually does," royal editor Matt Wilkinson said on "Royal Confidential."
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"I think she described him as a bit of a couch potato, sitting at Royal Lodge watching television," Matt Wilkinson continued. "I think he used to watch flights, tracking them on flight radar. What does he do now if he can't go shooting?"
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Royal correspondent Simon Vigar noted how Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's lifestyle has changed in recent years.
"There is obviously an element of tragedy. I don't expect people to feel sympathetic for him, but there is a tragic element to this," Vigar said.
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"In happier days, he was known as the Duke of Golf. I'm not sure how many golf clubs he's a member of anymore," Simon Vigar continued of his hobbies. "But it's a lot of time to fill."
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After a series of scandals continues to unfold, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's inner circle continues to shrink.
"People just want to be dissociated from him," Simon Vigar noted.
