Royal Playdate Takes a Bizarre Turn

We’ve seen some questionable royal hobbies, but this is a new one. Forget polo or carriage driving. Newly surfaced photos show a certain former prince… playing catch with a prosthetic breast.

Yes, you read that right. The year was 2011, and Andrew, then the Duke of York, was snapped in a garden, apparently using a post-mastectomy “boobie ball” as a toy with a young girl. The optics are, to put it mildly, spectacularly bad. It’s the kind of unscripted moment that makes a PR team quit on the spot.

From lavish palace life to tossing a silicone souvenir… How does one even end up in this situation? The explanation is reportedly innocent, involving a charity for breast cancer survivors. But with Andrew, context never seems to stick.

Just another day in the life of the royals’ most problematic spare. Some images you simply cannot unsee.

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