Royal rift: Princes Andrew and Charles look glum at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee service in 2012 The clinking of cutlery and popping of corks could be heard from the other end of the corridor. Behind the partly closed gilt doors of the grand dining room at Buckingham Palace, the Prince of Wales was holding court with his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall. The celebration to mark his 66th birthday was in full swing, with the couple’s closest friends charging their crystal glasses to toast the Prince. At the other end of the Palace, Prince Andrew was in his private residence sharing a low-key supper with a friend or two of his own. Sources close to the Duke of York’s circle say he had not been invited to the party and did not want to spend the evening alone.
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Relations between Charles and Andrew have been strained for some time
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Duke of York was not invited to Charles' 66th birthday party, sources say
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Prince Andrew cannot count on Charles’s support as he battles through most challenging period of his life
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He has been ‘cut off’ by Charles who has ‘left Andrew out in the cold’
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‘Shutters came down’ when Prince Andrew was named in court papers by Virginia Roberts, who claims she was made to have had sex with him
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The Prince of Wales’s spokesman denies there has been a fall out, insisting rumours of a rift are ‘categorically untrue’
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