The decision that Prince Andrew should be removed from his public duties would have been a discussion across three generations of the royal family, including Prince William, according to royal experts.<br /><br />Andrew has been forced to pull back from his royal duties and has been axed by a number of charities of which he was royal patron following allegations he slept with a teenage girl trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein.<br /><br />Virginia Giuffre claims she was forced to sleep with the duke when she was a teenager, which Andrew categorically denies.
