Prince Andrew, named in the latest Jeffrey Epstein document dump, could soon be “forced out” of the Royal Lodge and stripped of his brother King Charles' personal security funds, according to reports. .
The disgraced Duke of York has lived in the royal residence on the grounds of Windsor Castle since 2004, after signing a 75-year lease the previous year.
Royal Lodge remained the property of the Queen until her death in 2002. Andrew currently shares his 31-room Royal Lodge mansion in Windsor with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
But the source told the Daily Mail The latest developments regarding the unsealing of the Epstein documents could actually “embody” King Charles' determination to resolve the “Andrew problem”, it has been said.
“When it comes to his brother's public role, there is no going back,” a source told the magazine.
“There was always an agreement that it was Andrew's right to allow him to attend private and family events.”
“But it's not official or official. That hasn't changed,” the source added.
The king is reportedly considering moving his scandal-scarred brother into a smaller mansion in the future, but he is not turning his back on him.
“When it comes to family, it's tough. But this connection never goes away. I mean, he [Andrew] It has to be done,” another source added.
Charles is willing to cut Andrew's private spending on guarding the royal residence. The Telegraph reports.
Sources told the outlet that Andrew would have to fork out millions of dollars in security costs if he wanted to remain at Royal Lodge.
Andrew's name and the names of more than 200 others appeared in court documents containing serious accusations of inappropriate touching by the British royal family.
The two men later settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre against the late Sicco madam Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015.
According to unsealed documents, alleged Epstein victim Johanna Sjoberg was sitting on Andrew's lap in the financier's Manhattan townhouse in 2001 when Andrew put his hand on her chest. It was revealed in a deposition in 2016 that he had guessed that.
She also posed for a photo alongside Giuffre, whose breasts were groped using Andrew's puppet, Shoberg testified.
“They put the doll on Virginia's lap, I sat on Andrew's lap, they put the doll's hand on Virginia's chest, Andrew put his hand on mine, and we took a picture. ” she said of Maxwell and Epstein.
Andrew denied the accusations revealed and reported in a previous document dump. According to Reuters.
The disgraced royal was famously stripped of his royal and military honors by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and does not currently hold the title of Lord Royal Highness.
The newspaper has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.
