KING Charles is reportedly threatening to sever ties with Prince Andrew over his failure to vacate his “dilapidated” Royal Lodge.
And according to a royal expert, the Duke of York, 64, may be using a “secret weapon” in his bid to stay in his £30million Windsor mansion.
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The king, 75, redoubled efforts this year to evict his brother, who shares a home with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, with insiders calling the standoff a “siege of Royal Lodge.”
Majesty Magazine editor-in-chief Ingrid Seward said Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, could be instrumental in helping him stay.
She told Fabulous: “Princesses are Andrew’s secret weapon.
“They are very popular with the royal family and Charles is especially fond of them.
“They are his passport, now he has lost everything.”
Ingrid added that Beatrice, 35, and Eugenie, 34, know their father is happy at Royal Lodge.
She continued: “It’s his home and it’s been their home for many years.
“Their childhood was all over the place and Royal Lodge was the only stability they had.
“They love their dad and want to help him if they can. Their mother can’t do anything, but they can.”
Palace sources say the king, who is financing Andrew’s life, could “reconsider the levels of support he is willing to provide” if he turns down all offers of a new home.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Andrew rejected the chance to move into Frogmore Cottage last year after Harry and Meghan were ordered evicted.
The embarrassed Duke of York, 64, who will never return to public service following the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal, has refused the king’s pleas to move for 18 months.
Andrew still refuses to budge, pointing out that he has a 75-year lease.
But a friend said The times: “It can be done in an organized or disorderly manner. It can be done with grace and dignity or it can be forced upon him. It’s all very sad.
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“But as things stand, life at Royal Lodge is likely to become increasingly cold and uncomfortable for the Duke.
“The only question now is when he will realize he has become a prisoner of himself. pride – and that returning the keys will provide you with much greater comfort and the continued support of your family.”
It turns out that Charles isn’t willing to continue paying out of pocket to finance Andrew’s lavish lifestyle.
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‘There is no way back for Prince Andrew,’ says PR guru
PRINCE Andrew’s reputation is irreparably damaged and he will never be able to engineer a return to public life, according to one of Britain’s leading PR gurus.
Brand and culture expert Nick Ede, who runs PR agency East of Eden, called the embarrassed royal “deluded” for thinking he could ever return to royal duties and encouraged him to give it up and ‘enjoy his life’ in exile.
It follows the release of Scoop – a Netflix film based on the 2019 interview he gave to Newsnight.
Nick said: “There is no way back for him.
“I think you know this perpetual idea that he might still be back. Nobody cares. He has no fans.
“There is no one out there who says ‘We want to see Prince Andrew’, not a single person. I think he has to realize that. But I think it’s going to take a long, long time for him to really understand. He is very deluded.
“In my opinion, the best thing he could do is enjoy life. He has beautiful daughters. He has a great relationship with Fergie, he has a beautiful house.
“Just live a peaceful life.”
Reflecting on the interview from five years ago – the fallout of which led to Andrew stepping back from royal duties “for the foreseeable future” – Nick compared the fallout to Frost vs Nixon and said he would have encouraged him not to do it.
He said: “If I was advising him, I would say, stay still, stay still, just get on the ground. You know you’re a prince. Enjoy the life you lead, but don’t open that can of worms, because that’s what it is.
“There was no admission that a relationship with someone like Epstein was terribly toxic. There was no idea that there were many trafficking victims whose lives were completely ruined by Epstein. He didn’t seem to think that the association he had with that man was anything other than positive.
“I think his worst faux pas was obviously being in that interview and agreeing to it in the first place, not realizing that he was actually going to be interviewed by a very, very good journalist who was going to ask him questions that he might not have liked. .
“But I think what this did really showed how archaic Prince Andrew is in his views and thoughts.
“Read the room. He never read a room.”
Sources close to the monarch say he may be forced to “reconsider the levels of support he is willing to provide” if the so-called siege of the Royal Lodge continues.
The unfortunate duke police the protection was removed when he resigned from public office amid the Epstein scandal.
But Charles stepped in to pay his multimillion-dollar private security bill.
Princesses are Andrew’s secret weapon. They are very popular with the royal family and Charles is especially fond of them
Ingrid Seward
The crisis shows no sign of going away after Netflix aired its hit drama Scoop detailing Andy’s ‘car crash’ Newsnight interview.
And there is yet another representation of his shame in an Amazon series about his downfall, where Andrew is played by actor Michael Sheen.
The scandal-hit father of two has stayed away from the public eye since causing controversy, taking the family to a service for the late Greek King Constantine at Windsor Castle in February in the cancer-stricken king’s absence.
Inside Prince Andrew’s ‘ruined’ Royal Lodge
The disgraced Duke of York resides at the £30million Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire – at least for now.
King Charles redoubled his efforts to oust the Duke – with insiders calling the impasse a “siege of the Royal Lodge”.
Despite his divorce from Sarah Ferguson in 1996, Prince Andrew lives with his ex-wife on a country estate.
Prince Andrew’s royal residence, with its eye-catching white exterior, has 30 bedrooms with plenty of space for entertaining, plus seven bedrooms spread across the top two floors.
The Duke of York is said to spend all day “watching TV in a dark room”, like a prisoner in his “ruined” house.
The Royal Lodge is said to be “in need of extensive repairs”, estimated to cost around £400,000 a year.
The monarch is said to be increasingly frustrated by André’s refusal to look after the colossal mansion.
Andrew is said to have promised King Charles he would take care of her expensive repairs – despite having no apparent source of income.
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