Prince William thought Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was an "ignoramus" even before the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and later pushed for him to be removed from royal life only to be overruled by King Charles III, a new royal book says. William and Catherine: The Monarchy’s New Era by The Mirror 's royal editor Russell Myers, says William took against his uncle, previously Prince Andrew , after seeing the way he treated royal staff. Mountbatten-Windsor was then caught up in the Epstein scandal from