Prince Andrew is pursuing his precocious mother’s mantra — support calm and transportation connected — arsenic eviction threats loom implicit him.
Prince Andrew, the disgraced Duke of York, was seen riding a equine connected the grounds of Windsor, wherever his home, Royal Lodge, is located. He was spotted amid reports helium had raised capable wealth to proceed surviving connected the palatial property. The property is worthy a reported $38 million.
The Sunday Times precocious reported that the 64-year-old’s funds were approved by the Keeper of the Privy Purse arsenic coming from morganatic sources. Buckingham Palace didn’t instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.
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Prince Andrew was spotted horseback riding astatine Windsor, wherever his palatial home, Royal Lodge, is located. (MEGA)
The outlet besides reported that Andrew and his brother, King Charles III, aren’t connected speaking terms. It’s unclear whether the prince volition marque an quality astatine Sandringham this twelvemonth to observe Christmas with the remainder of the royal family. The outlet shared that Andrew’s allowance was chopped by the monarch.
Andrew has been surviving successful the 31-room property since 2004. He lives determination with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson. According to reports, helium has spent implicit $9 cardinal connected repairs and renovations and $1 cardinal to instrumentality it over. His yearly rent is simply a reported $337,000. The palatial spot requires an estimated $503,000 annually for upkeep.
"Prince Andrew whitethorn person been the precocious Queen Elizabeth's favourite son, but helium is surely not King Charles' favourite brother," British broadcaster and lensman Helena Chard antecedently told Fox News Digital. "King Charles volition not beryllium arsenic forgiving and caring arsenic his parent would person been.
It's unclear whether the Duke of York volition beryllium astatine Sandringham with the remainder of the royal household for Christmas. (Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)
"There is vexation and … animosity betwixt the brothers," Chard claimed. "Prince Andrew feels helium has thing to lose, is digging his heels successful and not budging from Royal Lodge. Whereas King Charles conscionable wants the Andrew occupation gone for the involvement of the royal family. … He wishes helium would spot sense. … The information that Andrew lives successful the immense Royal Lodge … erstwhile his estimation is astatine an all-time debased is not a bully look."
Sources antecedently told The Sunday Times the king was "losing patience" implicit his brother’s surviving arrangements and was "at his wit’s end."
According to the outlet, the king, 76, didn’t renew the declaration for Andrew’s backstage information team. The monarch, who is battling cancer, has been paying for Andrew’s information aft the prince mislaid his constabulary extortion successful 2022. The information squad is said to outgo Charles astir $4 cardinal annually.
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The Sunday Times reported that King Charles III (pictured) and his younger member aren't connected speaking terms. (Jonathan Brady/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
At the time, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace told Fox News Digital the palace wouldn’t remark connected "security matters."
It was reported that the duke, who is "at the brink of eviction," was expected to downsize owed to his ties to late convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.
According to the outlet, the king would person covered his brother’s surviving expenses if helium moved into Frogmore Cottage, the erstwhile U.K. location of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their royal exit successful 2020. (Getty Images)
Frogmore Cottage has been vacant since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were asked to vacate. They unrecorded successful California.
After Andrew reportedly refused to downsize, the king axed his allowance.
Recent photographs bespeak that the Royal Lodge is successful dire request of repairs arsenic the prince struggles to support its costly upkeep. Royal adept Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital an estimated $2.5 cardinal would beryllium needed to reconstruct the property.
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Jeffrey Epstein is seen connected the acold close successful this photograph astatine Ascot successful the U.K. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images )
Andrew stepped backmost from royal duties successful 2019 aft his Newsnight interrogation successful which helium attempted to code his arguable transportation to Epstein. He was besides stripped of his honorary subject titles.
Before she died successful 2022, the queen besides removed his honorary enactment of assorted charities, known arsenic royal patronages, and barred him from utilizing the rubric "his royal highness" successful authoritative settings.
The assembly successful the bluish metropolis of York voted unanimously to retreat the prince’s "freedom of the city." The grant was awarded to Andrew successful 1987 aft the queen made him the Duke of York. He is the archetypal idiosyncratic to beryllium stripped of the status, an grant that dates backmost to medieval times.
Queen Elizabeth II, England's longest-reigning monarch, died successful 2022. She was 96. It has agelong been believed that Prince Andrew was her favourite son. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Local leaders person since argued that Andrew should besides suffer the rubric of Duke of York. A spokesperson for Andrew declined to remark astatine the time.
In a suit filed successful 2020 by Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Andrew of sexually exploiting her connected 3 occasions successful 2001 erstwhile she was 17. Andrew has vehemently denied immoderate wrongdoing.
In 2022, a U.S. justice dismissed the enactment maltreatment suit against Andrew, who settled with Giuffre. The prince made a important donation to his accuser’s foundation and declared helium ne'er meant to malign her character.
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Epstein was recovered dormant down bars successful 2019 astatine property 66. The U.S. lawyer successful Manhattan prosecuted Epstein's erstwhile girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, for helping enlistee his underage victims. She was convicted successful 2021 and is serving a 20-year situation term.
Andrew was named successful antecedently concealed tribunal documents related to Epstein that were unsealed. It was portion of a 2015 suit filed against Maxwell by Giuffre. He has denied immoderate wrongdoing.
The records, including transcripts of interviews with immoderate of Epstein’s victims and aged constabulary reports, contained reminders that the millionaire had surrounded himself with celebrated and almighty figures, including a fewer who person besides been accused of misconduct.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stephanie Nolasco covers amusement astatine Foxnews.com.