British Royals

The Duke of York has lost a major sponsor for his Pitch@Palace project – a major blow for the embattled Prince. Accountancy firm KPMG were one of the first companies to sponsor the Duke’s Pitch@Palace event since the project began five years ago. The decision to cancel their sponsorship is as a result of the negative publicity surrounding Prince Andrew since the death of Jeffrey…

BBC Newsnight has achieved its biggest audience since the programme’s inception 40 years ago as almost 2 million people tuned in to see Emily Maitlis interview the Duke of York. The hour-long broadcast with Prince Andrew over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein drew in 1.7m viewers in the UK on BBC Two. This is almost triple Newsnight’s previous highest…

There is intense pressure on the Duke of York to heavily reduce his diary following his recent interview on BBC Newsnight which was widely seen as calamitous. In a poll of Royal Central readers, a significant majority of respondents said that the Duke of York should step back from royal duties following the broadcast on Saturday evening. Of the 533 people polled, 83% said Prince Andrew…