Andrew Mountbatten Windsor finally stepped aside after his Jeffrey Epstein scandal became too much of a burden for the royal family, but his exit came after tough negotiations.

While it appears Sarah Ferguson is headed to Portugal to stay with Princess Eugenie, it seems that the former Duke of York was insistent upon protecting Princess Beatrice. The Daily Mail shared that a “secret deal” between the monarch and his younger brother was hashed out ahead of his banishment to Sandringham.

The warring brothers reportedly agreed that “no action [would be] taken by the King against Beatrice and Eugenie,” and they “would be allowed to accept new official royal roles.” Almost immediately after Andrew was stripped of his royal titles on Oct. 30, Beatrice was bestowed a new patronage on Nov. 6.

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