King Charles and Prince Andrew are now mounted with 'unprecedented pressure after Epstein's documents dump.

The royal family is embroiled in controversy, as per a royal commentator who asserts that the monarch committed a 'mistake' by extending an invitation to the disgraced Duke of York for Christmas at Sandringham.

The royal expert and commentator Charles Rae told GB News, “We’re only six days into it and the pressure on Prince Andrew and the royal family is now mounting to a level which is almost unprecedented.”

He added, “We have a King who is now under great pressure to do something about Andrew. There is not much he can do. He’s been stripped of his HRH and he’s not allowed to use it.”

Rae continued, “He cannot represent any of these charities or his military functions. He’s sitting in his nearly 30 room almost palace.”

Rae pointed out that there might be a potential scenario where Andrew is compelled to leave the Royal Lodge, and his brother may withdraw the funding for his private security.

“Charles has already told him he can carry on paying for the upkeep of the place,” he said, adding that “the King may stop paying for Andrew’s private security which amounts to $3.8m a year.”

The Duke of York, facing disgrace, has resided at the royal estate within Windsor Castle grounds since 2004, having secured a 75-year lease agreement in the preceding year.

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Unsealed documents disclose that Johanna Sjoberg, an alleged victim of Epstein, testified in a 2016 deposition that Andrew placed his hand on her breast while she sat on his lap at the financier's Manhattan townhouse in 2001. 

Sjoberg also recounted a photo where she and Giuffre posed, with Andrew allegedly groping Giuffre's breast using a puppet.

“They put the puppet on Virginia’s lap, and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a photo,” she said of Maxwell and Epstein.

Andrew has refuted the accusation, as disclosed in an earlier document release reported by Reuters.