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Royal author Robert Hardman explains how ex-Prince Andrew used to get his way with his 'Mummy' the Queen

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00:00they did have a special relationship but i wondered how did prince andrew manage to get
00:04round the queen when he wanted something well yes he did have a tactic um which was whenever um
00:11he was told he couldn't do something or something wasn't possible or whatever
00:14uh his um his favorite way of um countermanding it would be to go around and have tea with mummy
00:22on a sunday afternoon because there were no officials around um it's when officials were
00:26around there'd be they they usually were would be able to say well i'm sorry sir no we can't do
00:31this we can't do that um but uh yeah tea on a sunday um oh mommy you won't believe what
00:36they've
00:36told me i can't do it's ridiculous i mean i'm sure you don't mind me doing this it's going to
00:39be a
00:39good idea you know you you must agree you must agree and she'll eventually go oh yeah all right
00:43then um and then monday morning no it's quite all right i've got the queen's permission it's going
00:47to happen i'm going to do x y or z

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