King Charles may 'swipe treasures' from Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge as feud rages on

A royal adept has claimed that King Charles whitethorn opt to 'swipe treasures' from Prince Andrew's location of Royal Lodge arsenic the brothers' feud implicit the spot rages on

The quality betwixt King Charles and his younger member Prince Andrew implicit the Duke of York's location of Royal Lodge appears to beryllium raging on.

In a caller stroke to Andrew, a royal adept has claimed that the King whitethorn "swipe treasures" from his location of 30 years, that beryllium to the Royal Collection Trust.

Speaking connected the podcast Palace Confidential, royal biographer Richard Hardman claimed: "The Royal Collection, which owns rather a batch of the treasures wrong there, whitethorn say, 'Well we can't beryllium assured that this spot is harmless anymore,' and they'll commencement taking the paintings and the immoderate of the furnishings away".

Prince Andrew signed a 75-year lease for Royal Lodge - a 30-room mansion located successful Windsor Great Park - backmost successful 2003, and it was antecedently occupied by the Queen Mother for decades. Currently, Andrew lives astatine the spot with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, with whom helium shares a adjacent relationship. However, King Charles has been wide reported to beryllium keen to determination his younger member retired of the property, though Andrew is said to beryllium adamant that helium volition not budge.

Andrew's lease is with the Crown Estate, not Charles himself, but the monarch reportedly acrophobic astir however Andrew volition money the upkeep of the Grade II listed property, peculiarly aft reports that Charles has chopped his younger brother's erstwhile yearly allowance of £1 million.

Charles reportedly wants Andrew to determination into a smaller spot that volition beryllium much manageable, fixed helium is nary longer a moving royal. The Duke stepped down from duties successful 2019 aft a arguable interrogation with Newsnight implicit his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein - a sit-down which was wide seen arsenic a car crash.

Frogmore Cottage - Harry and Meghan's erstwhile UK location - has been floated arsenic an enactment for Andrew and Sarah, and Robert Hardman has claimed successful his publication Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, that the thought for the swap primitively came from Queen Elizabeth. "Had she lived different year, helium would person been out" the writer quoted an insider arsenic saying. "It was her program to determination him out, to extremity the lease for the Sussexes astatine Frogmore Cottage, and to determination Andrew successful there. It was chiefly a wealth thing, arsenic she could spot it was becoming unsustainable."

Despite seemingly being financially chopped disconnected by the monarch, caller reports person claimed that Andrew has sourced a caller mode to concern himself. Andrew has "negotiated a cheaper extortion woody astatine his leased location which helium refuses to leave. His program is believed to beryllium bankrolled by Middle East money," the Sun connected Sunday reports. The root added: "He has his information but astatine a cheaper complaint and helium is managing to concern it himself."

However, a root speaking to Hardman expressed immoderate doubts astir whether oregon not this would beryllium a reliable income for Andrew, "He claims to person recovered different sources of income related to his contacts successful planetary trade, capable to screen each his costs – which would beryllium a invited result for each parties if that turns retired to beryllium the case. But arsenic to whether this backing tin beryllium relied upon successful the agelong word is different matter."

The Daily Beast has reported that Charles is keen for Queen Camilla to 1 time person usage of Royal Lodge and its 40 hectares of land, arsenic Dowager Queen.

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