Prince Andrew Has 'No Public Life or Role' But Is 'Devoted' to the Royal Lodge Amid Feud With King Charles
Andrew, Duke of York, is reportedly 'deeply devoted' to his home, the Royal Lodge, despite King Charles' efforts to boot Duke from 'rotting' mansion.
The Royal Lodge tucked away within Windsor Great Park is where Prince Andrew's heart is as the festive season begins.
This led royal author Robert Hardman to tell an outlet, "Someone said to me the other day, he’s got nothing else."
This follows reports suggesting His Royal Highness has raised the money requested by the Crown Estate to renovate the lavish mansion. If this payment satisfies the royal residential organization, King Charles III, 76, will have no say in booting his 64-year-old brother from the property.
"He has no public life," Hardman added. "He has no public role. And he’s clearly devoted to this home, and he likes being there. So, if he can make it work, he’s going to try."
The King reportedly stopped paying for Andrew's security detail at the compound in late October, which allegedly has the scandal-ridden Duke "on edge" about possible threats against his life.
Additionally, this led royal author Stephen Bates to share how His Majesty views his younger brother as a "loose cannon."
Bates added how the King wants to "send a clear message to Prince Andrew" during the holiday, allegedly by not allowing the Duke of York to walk in the famous royal procession to and from St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate.
The disgraced and former Jeffrey Epstein associate made the journey in front of the world's cameras in 2022 and last year, which were His Majesty's first two Christmases as monarch.
The sovereign has been feuding with Andrew for over two years, and the rift is reported to have nearly "torn the brothers apart." The monarch allegedly allowed the Duke's security detail to expire in late October, sending the "portly prince" into "a panic."
"I wonder why he is allowing himself to be so humiliated?" royal correspondent Jennie Bond asked about Andrew's refusal to leave the "rotting" mansion.
Andrew was given the "jewel of the royal residential portfolio" by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 2004, two years after its previous occupant, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, passed away. At that time, the Duke of York was a senior, working royal in his mother's court, and represented the U.K. abroad as a Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, a role he was given by the Tony Blair government in 2001.
The prince fell from grace in 2019 when Virginia Giuffre, 41, stepped forward to tell the world about her alleged experiences as a victim of s----- abuse by the Duke when she was 17 at an Epstein property.
A "disastrous" Newsnight interview that November led Elizabeth II to banish her rumored favorite child from public life, and later strip him of his military honors. He is also not allowed to use his HRH style in public, and Charles III has not altered his mother's decisions.
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