Prince Andrew’s annual £1 million “residing allowance” has been withdrawn by Charles, in accordance with the serialisation of a brand new guide by royal author Robert Hardman printed within the Day by day Mail.
The transfer has been seen as one other step the King has taken to publicly distance himself from his youthful brother following his affiliation with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
King axes Andrews £1m annual residing allowance
The King beforehand axed Andrew’s safety workforce. (Picture: PA)
Hardman writes in his forthcoming guide that the keeper of the privy purse was “instructed to sever his residing allowance” after Andrew reportedly refused to maneuver out of the Royal Lodge, a 30-room mansion in Windsor Nice Park, into the close by smaller Frogmore Cottage.
The duke was mentioned to have signed a 75-lease on the Royal Lodge in 2003.
Citing an insider supply, Mr Hardman writes: “’The duke is now not a monetary burden on the King,’ confirms one aware of the scenario.
“’He claims to have discovered different sources of earnings associated to his contacts in worldwide commerce, adequate to cowl all his prices – which might be a welcome end result for all events if that seems to be the case.
“‘However as as to if this funding might be relied upon in the long run is one other matter.’”
This comes after The Solar on Sunday reported in August that the King was axing Andrew’s safety on the Royal Lodge, which had been privately funded by Charles after his brother misplaced publicly-funded police safety in 2022.
In July, palace officers confirmed that Frogmore Cottage, the previous residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, remained empty greater than a yr after they formally vacated the property.
Strain mounted on Andrew earlier this yr after the unsealing of a whole lot of pages of court docket paperwork related to the Epstein scandal which detailed how the financier’s former housekeeper Juan Alessi claimed the duke had each day massages when he spent “weeks” on the paedophile’s Florida residence.
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Earlier allegations that Andrew sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre thrice when she was 17 years previous, together with throughout an orgy, additionally resurfaced within the court docket paperwork.
He has strenuously denied the allegations, saying he by no means met her, and in 2022 paid tens of millions to Ms Giuffre to settle a civil case out of court docket.
Buckingham Palace declined to remark.
