King Charles has fired Prince Andrew’s ten-man non-public safety workforce in his latest bid to pressure the disgraced Duke out of Royal Lodge, an insider has claimed.
Charles has lengthy been attempting to get his brother out of the 30-room, £30milliion property in Windsor, which Andrew lives in with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
The monarch has been funding non-public guards on the mansion since Andrew’s armed cops – costing £3million a 12 months – had been eliminated in 2022 amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
However now Charles has reportedly instructed the Duke’s non-public safety workforce they’re now not wanted from Autumn onwards.
A Palace insider instructed The Solar on Sunday: ‘Everyone seems to be speculating this implies the Duke should go away the Royal Lodge as a result of what different purpose may there be to take his safety away?’
They added: ‘It is not a secret that the King desires him out.’
King Charles has lengthy been attempting to get Prince Andrew out of Royal Lodge (pictured)
King Charles has reportedly instructed the Duke’s non-public safety workforce they’re now not wanted from Autumn onwards
Prince Andrew (pictured) lives within the mansion with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. Pictured: Andrew Duke Of York rides out at Windsor Citadel
It was beforehand revealed that Andrew had rejected the chance to maneuver to close by Frogmore Cottage (pictured)
Earlier this 12 months, it was revealed that Andrew had rejected the chance to maneuver to Frogmore Cottage, which is close by and was once the UK house of Harry and Meghan.
Andrew signed a 75-year lease with the Crown Property when he moved to Royal Lodge in 2003, making a £1million preliminary cost.
However the King is reportedly desperate to generate industrial income from the mansion as quickly as he can boot out the Duke.
It was beforehand reported that the property was earmarked for inheritor to the throne Prince William and his spouse Princess Catherine, however the couple stated they’re very blissful at Adelaide Cottage.
Andrew – who stays an outcast from public life amid the fallout from his relationship with peadophile Epstein – has reportedly already spent practically £7million finishing up in depth renovations and repairs to the property.
He has refused all requests by his brother to maneuver into the smaller Frogmore Cottage.
In June, it was revealed in a doc that Prince Andrew has to repaint his Windsor Royal Lodge with two coats of paint each 5 years.
The lease he signed in 2003 states he has a accountability to ‘restore, renew, uphold, clear and hold in restore and the place essential rebuild’ the house.
This consists of repainting its exterior partitions each 5 years with ‘two coats of paint’ from 2008 and redecorating inside each seven years from 2010.
Which means the outside adorning was as a result of have been accomplished final 12 months, whereas the inside work is ready to be accomplished this 12 months.
The doc – which was seen by The Instances – dictated that he should ‘paint with not less than two coats of paint and to paper, polish, enhance and in any other case appropriately deal with’ the constructing’s inside partitions.
Andrew signed the lease, paying £250 every week and agreeing to take care of the huge property.
Royal Lodge in Windsor is surrounded by gorgeous grounds and surroundings
Located in 98 acres in Windsor Nice Park, the property was as soon as often known as King’s Lodge however its identify was modified by the Duke of Cumberland when he grew to become King George IV in 1820
Andrew signed a 75-year lease with the Crown Property when he moved to Royal Lodge in 2003
However claims emerged final 12 months that Andrew couldn’t meet the £400,000-a-year maintenance of Royal Lodge and it was reported that the duke was instructed he must go away the property.
Located in 98 acres in Windsor Nice Park, the property was as soon as often known as King’s Lodge however its identify was modified by the Duke of Cumberland when he grew to become King George IV in 1820.
William IV demolished a part of Royal Lodge and, for sixty years, senior members of the Royal Family used it primarily as a ‘grace-and-favour’ house.
In 1931, King George V gave permission for his son, Prince Albert, the Duke of York, and his spouse to take over the property they usually moved within the following 12 months.
They used the 30-room Royal Lodge as a non-public nation home, even after they grew to become Duke and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1936.
Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret spent many blissful days enjoying within the grounds and making use of Y Bwthyn Bach – the miniature thatched cottage that was given to the long run Queen by the folks of Wales to mark her sixth birthday in 1932.
The grounds of Royal Lodge embrace a gardener’s cottage and the Royal Chapel of All Saints, the place Princess Beatrice and Edo Mapelli Mozzi married in 2020 in a ceremony attended by the late Queen and Prince Philip.
There may be additionally a swimming pool and tennis court docket.
MailOnline has contacted Buckingham Palace for remark.
