King Charles could should pay his brother "compensation" ought to he make Prince Andrew depart his royal residence. Studies earlier this week emerged saying Andrew feared the monarch would possibly "even flip off the utilities" to get him to go away the Royal Lodge.
The prince at the moment shares the multi-milion pound mansion together with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York. Nonetheless, it was prompt the king may intention to maneuver his brother to Frogmore Cottage.
The "eviction" would come as Prince Andrew's annual allowance of £249,000 was reportedly reduce. The Mail on Sunday mentioned it will nevertheless imply the Prince and Princess of Wales may transfer into the property.
Prince Andrew in the meantime must transfer to close by Frogmore Cottage. An supply instructed the paper that Andrew was in "low spirits" and "refusing to budge".
They added:“He's so fragile. He’s refusing to see anyone. This has been his household house for the previous 20 years. Is it actually wise to kick him out?”
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There does nevertheless stay an charisma surrounding what the King mentioned to his sibling about his lodging. However The Telegraph stories Andrew has instructed buddies he has no intention of shifting, as a result of he's solely 20 years right into a 75-year lease signed in 2003.
A supply instructed the paper: "His place has at all times been that he has a house of some 20 years with a 75-year lease on it in change for the £12 million he spent from the proceeds of Sunninghill Park to renovate it. It’s actually fairly simple. His private funding of these renovations meant there was no price to the royal funds and positively no price to the taxpayer"
Sunninghill Park, the Duke and Duchess of York's marital house, was bought for £15 million in 2007. And, ought to the pair be "evicted" from the Royal Lodge, it may find yourself costing the King and his household cash.
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It is because an early break within the lease would reportedly see the property revert to the Crown Property, says the Telegraph. This is able to imply Andrew can be entitled to a small quantity of compensation for the refurbishment prices, as a result of 25 years is the cut-off level after which no compensation is payable.
The paper claims alientating Andrew may price the King in different methods too, particularly since Andrew has taken a extra prevelant function in Royal life after stepping again following a 2019 Newsnight interview the place he was quizzed about his hyperlinks to Jeffrey Epstein.
Since then although, he has worn army uniform on the Queen's lying-in-state, regardless of not having any royal or army patronages. And he wore ceremonial robes on the Coronation.
In the meantime daughters Beatrice and Eugenie have been finishing up charity engagements on behalf of the household.