Prince Andrew 'being humiliated' but 'lazy' royal could change things with single move

The Duke of York's location astatine Royal Lodge is the latest bony of contention successful his autumn from grace. As the statement continues, a royal adept questions wherefore Andrew isallowing himself to beryllium humiliated

The struggles faced by The Duke of York successful caller years person been well-documented - with his to enactment astatine his Royal Lodge location being the latest driving factor. In enactment with King Charles' plans to downsize the monarchy, Prince Andrew was offered a determination from his mansion to adjacent Frogmore Cottage, which was precocious fixed a £2.4 cardinal facelift by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Following the quality that Queen Elizabeth II intended to promote her 2nd lad retired of his location successful Windsor, a starring a royal commentator has questioned wherefore the Prince is allowing himself to beryllium truthful "humiliated". Speaking to OK!, erstwhile BBC royal analogous Jennie Bond questioned: "I wonderment wherefore helium is allowing himself to beryllium truthful humiliated?”

She continues: “He could unrecorded astatine Frogmore, which has capable country for Fergie and the remainder of the household to sojourn erstwhile they want. It is adjacent to the castle and it would springiness him the accidental to calm down relations with his brother, truthful what is stopping him? Status. He is hung up connected representation and grandeur."

Given Royal Lodge's esteemed history, astir of which is associated with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, its existent dilapidation draws attraction - thing Jennie suggests mightiness person compelled the precocious Queen to contemplate alternatives arsenic she adds: "I deliberation the precocious Queen astir apt realise that it didn’t look good, and doesn’t look good, to have, a disgraced Prince surviving successful a mansion for a peppercorn rent.

"Andrew was precise overmuch successful awe of his parent and would person obeyed her if she had enactment her ft down and asked him to leave. Charles’s large compression connected his member has been a agelong clip coming and his patience has tally out. It is absorbing that the Queen was seemingly of a similar mind."

Reflecting connected the nationalist cognition pursuing Prince Andrew's melodramatic autumn from grace, Jennie comments: "This is not conscionable money, it is however it looks: an idle and disgraced Duke swanning astir connected his horse, watching craft taking disconnected oregon landing connected a large surface and driving his Range Rover astir his sizeable property with nary disposable means of income but what his mother, and present his large brother, take to springiness him. It’s not a bully image."

It's been wide reported that the program was for the Duke to determination from Royal Lodge to Frogmore Cottage, which was near vacant by Prince Harry and Meghan aft they spent £2.4 cardinal connected renovations.

"Charles has fixed him plentifulness of clip and a precise generous enactment to determination into Frogmore cottage which is wrong the information cordon and has precocious had an costly makeover. Yes, that‘s conscionable the outgo of the renovation, acold far much than astir radical imagination of having successful their full lifetime. And yet helium seems to deliberation it is beneath him.

"What’s the answer? Earn his surviving - but the estimation of the monarchy is astatine involvement and Andrew has shown profound deficiency of judgement, astatine the precise least, implicit his relationship with the convicted precocious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Can helium beryllium trusted to amusement immoderate judgement implicit the benignant of enactment helium mightiness undertake to supply an income?"

Since 2004, Andrew has resided astatine Royal Lodge connected the Windsor estate, which helium present shares with his erstwhile woman Sarah Ferguson. Before helium moved in, it was a much-loved retreat for Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.

King George VI's widow made respective additions to the spot and it besides features a mini cottage oregon Wendy location called Y Bwthyn Bach, which was talented to the precocious Queen - past Princess Elizabeth - successful 1932. Even aft the King died successful 1952, it was inactive utilized arsenic a grace and favour location by the Queen Mother up until she died determination successful March 2002, with the precocious Queen by her side.

After the Queen Mother passed away, Prince Andrew was granted the lease to Royal Lodge. The lease besides encompassed the Gardener's Cottage, the Chapel Lodge, six Lodge Cottages, constabulary information accommodation and a monolithic 40 hectares of land.