Britain’s King Charles III has removed security protection from his brother’s home. The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, resides in a $30 million Royal household, but his brother, the King, reportedly wants him to move to a more modest property to save taxpayer money. The Duke, however, has so far refused to leave, prompting the King to take away his security team.
A former BBC Royal reporter called the move “drastic” but added that King Charles might struggle to remove Prince Andrew because he signed a 75-year lease two decades ago that obliges him to pay around $300 per week to live there. The King reportedly wants Andrew to move to Frogmore Cottage – a five-bedroom house previously occupied by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Despite the tension between the brothers, the King has reportedly extended an olive branch and invited Prince Andrew to a family get-together at Scotland’s Balmoral Estate – the favored home of the late Queen, Elizabeth II. The Prince will attend the family event with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, and two daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice.
Prince Andrew has had a tumultuous relationship with his family since his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein made international headlines in 2019. The Prince faced accusations that he had sexual relationships with young trafficked women but fiercely denied this during a controversial interview with the BBC’s Emily Maitlis.
Prince Andrew admitted knowing Jeffrey Epstein and staying in his New York home several times. However, he dismissed a photo of him with his accuser, Virginia Guiffre, as a fake. Guiffre insisted she was forced to engage in sexual acts with the Prince in 2001, but he told Maitlis he was with his daughters at a pizza restaurant at the time. Responding to Guiffre’s description of him sweating while dancing, Andrew sensationally claimed this proved she was lying because he is physically unable to sweat. He said this condition was caused by an “adrenaline overdose” while he was in active military service during Britain’s war with Argentina in the 1980s.
Doctors dismissed his remarks, saying adrenaline overdose actually causes excessive sweating.
