Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair's royal correspondent and author of The New Royals, spoke to Fox News Digital about the late monarch's close relationship with the Duke of York during the months leading up to her death. Prince Andrew’s future at Royal Lodge is looking grim. The Sun on Sunday reported that his older brother, King Charles III, did not renew the contract for the Duke of York's private security team.
It expires in the fall. According to multiple reports, no replacement security detail has been lined up. The Sun reported that the king, who is battling cancer, has been paying for Andrew’s security at Royal Lodge after the prince lost his police protection in 2022.
The security team is said to cost Charles, 75, nearly $4 million annually. QUEEN ELIZABETH II HAD ‘BLIND SPOT’ FOR PRINCE ANDREW AS JEFFREY EPSTEIN FRIENDSHIP IMPLODED: EXPERT The Sun on Sunday reported that King Charles III did not renew the contract for Andrew's private security team when it expires in the fall. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that the king wants Andrew to leave his palatial 31-room home where he resides with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. The property was home to their grandmother, the Queen Mother, until she died in 2002. According to The UK Times , Andrew paid over $1 million to take over the home in 2003.
He has reportedly spent .