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Prince William was not happy when his uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, approached him at the Duchess of Kent's funeral in 2025. Andrew and Sarah Ferguson made a surprise appearance at the Westminster Abbey service just weeks before Andrew had his royal titles removed due to increasing scrutiny over his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In February 2026, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He denies any wrongdoing.

Andrew and William were seen next to each other, along with Princess Kate, following the service, with William looking increasingly uncomfortable while Andrew spoke, before the former Duke of York eventually moved away.

A lipreader, appearing on Channel 5's Lipreading the Royals, has revealed what she believes Andrew said to William. According to Nicola Hinckley, Andrew reportedly said: "I've learned from what I've done. But before I forget, I'd like to ask you if you can forgive?" to which William didn't reply.

After Andrew moved on, Nicola revealed what William and Kate said to each other, saying: "Kate says 'he seemed very sorry', and I think she's referencing Andrew on the past conversation that they were talking about a few minutes ago.

"William replies to her and says, 'Do you think I deserve that? Is that what you mean?' to which Kate repeats that she thought Andrew was sorry,' as William looked frustrated while trying to maintain his composure.

Body language expert Adrienne Carter said: "So we see Andrew come over to chat to William and Kate. William looks extremely uncomfortable. I think his body language is screaming, 'get away from me'. I do not want to be photographed, particularly not engaging with you."

Royal commentator Dickie Arbiter agreed: "William's face said everything, you know, I don't want to converse with you, push off, and I think Andrew probably got the message. He was just the wrong person to be there in a family group, because while he might be family, he's not accepted as in the family group."

TalkTV star Cristo Foufas added: "William did absolutely right in ignoring without appearing to be rude. It is absolutely amazing that this is being said so publicly, that we're finding out this level of detail of the family's animosity towards Prince Andrew and how they are essentially openly acknowledging to each other that being seen with him is disastrous for the future of the monarchy.