Skydragon said:
It would also mean an end to his 'career' and patronages of exclusive golf clubs.
I doubt that he will remarry his ex wife.
I don't quite think Andrew is quite as mercenary as you make him out to be. Even if he were, I'm sure being an ex-prince could count on a few invitations to exclusive golf clubs. Look at the kind of invitations being an ex-Royal Duchess got Sarah?
No actually I think the one of Elizabeth's and Philip's children who is loyal and closest to his mother its got to be Andrew. I still remember the press conferences he gave from the burning Windsor Castle all while his marriage was crumbling around him. I think he had a lot of sympathy for Sarah even after being betrayed but when push came to shove and he had to choose, it was significant that he chose to remain at his mother's burning home and give her support rather than be with his wife and try to patch up his marriage.
I agree Andrew would never marry Sarah while his mother is alive but I don't think Prince Philip has anything to do with his decision. Now will he remarry Sarah after his mother died similar to how Charles married Camilla only after his darling granny the Queen Mum died? Its hard to say, but Camilla despite what she has done has the demeanour to make it work within the Royal Family. Sarah does not.
The only other example that I can think of is Prince Bertil who married Princess Lillian after his father died. But both Bertil and Lillian were incredibly discreet both before and after their marriage.
I am very fond of Sarah and quite honestly I think her sins are less than either Diana's or Camilla's but she lacks the fundamental quality that living in a thousand year old government institution requires and that is discretion. Poor Sarah she just can't handle it. She's right now 46 and if she's not discreet yet; she will never learn.
This lack of discretion is always going to be a handicap to the royal family who always needs to keep one eye out for public opinion and one eye out for politicians.
Sarah's lack of discretion may well be even a greater liability to the Royal Family once the Queen dies and Charles is on the throne for his place on the throne won't be as secure as his mother at least in the first few years and people will be looking for excuses to pull the Royal Family down.
People think Charles will be more sympathetic to Andrew and Sarah once he is King because of the ordeal that he faced in order to marry Camilla. On the contrary, I think because of the tenuous position he will have he may well be stricter than the Queen who at least is fond of Andrew. Charles and Andrew share no great love for each other. I'm not sure that Charles will put himself out for Andrew.