King Charles is cutting financial ties to disgraced Prince Andrew, according to reports. Andrew's annual STG1 million ($A2 million) "living allowance" has been withdrawn by Charles, according to the serialisation of a new book by royal writer Robert Hardman published in the Daily Mail. The move will be seen as another step the King has taken to publicly distance himself from his younger brother following his association with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Hardman writes in his forthcoming book that the keeper of the privy purse was "instructed to sever his living allowance" after Andrew reportedly refused to move out of the Royal Lodge, a 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park, west of London, into the nearby smaller Frogmore Cottage. Andrew, the Duke of York, was said to have signed a 75-lease on the Royal Lodge in 2003. "'The duke is no longer a financial burden on the King', confirms one familiar with the situation," Hardman writes, citing an insider source.
"'He claims to have found other sources of income related to his contacts in international trade, sufficient to cover all his costs - which would be a welcome outcome for all parties if that turns out to be the case. "'But as to whether this funding can be relied upon in the long term is another matter.'" The Sun reported in August that the King was axing Andrew's security at the Royal Lodge, which had been privately funded by Charles after his brother lost publicly funded police protection in 2022.
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