Ex-Prince Andrew’s Arrest ‘Could Spell the End of the Public’s Support for the Crown’ (Exclusive)

Calls for King Charles III to step aside and allow Prince William and Princess Kate to take the throne are growing louder following Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s recent arrest.

Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan declared that if the monarchy is to survive, Charles, 77, must go while The Daily Beast’s Tom Sykes proclaimed that William, 43, “must now be allowed to get on with reshaping the monarchy.” Even British historian Robert Jobson warned that “never in my lifetime” has the Firm “looked so vulnerable.”

“There’s a feeling of panic behind palace walls right now,” a source tells Star. “It feels like the hounds are at the door because more and more people are saying this could spell the end of the public’s support for the crown.”

Though Andrew, 65, has vigorously denied any wrongdoing, the scandal surrounding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein has left the royal family in “survival mode,” reveals the source.

“William and Kate do feel it’s on their shoulders to right the ship,” says the source. “They have let it be known the only way forward is full accountability and transparency.”

As Star previously reported, William, 43, thinks his uncle, 66, avoided justice for far too long — and when he and Kate, 44, do finally become king and queen, he will do everything in his power to punish him.

“They want a full investigation and they want the details made public,” says the source. “They aren’t going to cover for Andrew, or anyone. They are fighting for their futures right now and taking a very hard stance on this.”