There was one royal who immediately shunned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. According to biographer Christopher Andersen, Kate Middleton was the first member of The Firm to distance herself from the former Duke of York after his ties to Jeffrey Epstein came to light. "She is the first royal to cut him off, to turn her back on him," the writer told Page Six. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Kate Middleton attend the Royal Festival of Remembrance in 2017.