Prince Andrew has a fight on his hands to remain in the colossal, 30-room royal mansion he has called home for the past two decades. The Duke of York has spent several years hiding from public view at his Royal Lodge residence in Windsor in the wake of the scandal over his ties to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein . Despite the high walls of the grand estate, Andrew is in the spotlight once again.
His personal finances are under renewed scrutiny after King Charles reportedly stripped his brother of a £3m-a-year security detail . Charles is said to have refused to pay for the 10-person security team – a “radical” power move aimed at forcing the Prince out of the mansion and downgrading his status, royal experts told i . There are fresh questions on how exactly the Prince is managing to fund his lavish lifestyle at the Royal Lodge, which he still shares with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
Claims first emerged last year that Andrew – stripped of royal duties in the wake of the Epstein saga – was struggling with the reported £400,000-a-year costs of repairs at the Grade II listed house, estimated to be worth around £30m. Such is the mystery around his wealth and income streams, there remain questions over whether Andrew can afford to foot the bill himself, and how he is managing to stay out of the red. How Andrew made money as a royal The picture used to be clearer.
As a working member of the Royal Family , Andrew was believed to have received around.