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Ex-Royal\u2019s wild demand after forced out of home<\/p>\n
Ex-Prince Andrew is said to be making outrageously bold demands for his new home despite being stripped of his royal titles.<\/p>\n
The former Duke of York and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson are currently moving out of their palatial Royal Lodge home, Fox News<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew is said to be at loggerheads with his brother, King Charles,\u201d British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard claimed to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew feels he has played ball, doing everything asked of him surrounding Royal Lodge. \u201cWe hear he is reeling and wants to be treated fairly, especially as he is giving up the perfectly valid lease on his beloved Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew feels frustrated, having been pushed into downgrading his accommodation, and is allegedly now demanding a suitable six or seven bedroom house on the Sandringham estate.<\/p>\n \u201cHe feels he is entitled to all the staff he is accustomed to, including a cook, housekeeper, gardener, driver and police security.\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED: \u2018Final straw\u2019: Meghan Harry quit UK over gift<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Shock: Andrew paid rent for Queen Lodge with pepper<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n $57m Queen lodge now a dump under Andrew<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Ex-Prince Andrew is said to be making outrageously bold demands for his new home despite being stripped of his royal titles. Picture: Toby Melville\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Ms Chard\u2019s remarks came after The Mirror<\/a> reported Andrew is \u201cnegotiating hard\u201d over his new home.<\/p>\n The outlet said Andrew wants to ensure he has enough staff to \u201ccater to his needs,\u201d including a cook, housekeeper, gardeners and a butler.<\/p>\n Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. A spokesperson previously said they do not comment on Andrew as he\u2019s no longer a working royal.<\/p>\n \u201cRemember, Andrew\u2019s titles were not pulled because he was found legally guilty of a crime, but because of the \u2018continued accusations\u2019 against him that \u2018distract from the work of His Majesty and the royal family,\u2019 as he wrote in a statement published by Buckingham Palace in early October,\u201d royal commentator Meredith Constant pointed out to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n \u201cHe feels entitled because he was born entitled.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew sees himself as the victim. \u2026 I\u2019ve maintained from the beginning of Charles\u2019 reign that he and Prince William were not in lock-step, despite write-ups in the U.K. press. Andrew is one of the issues that father and son do not agree on.<\/p>\n \u201cWilliam is anxious to get this settled before his eventual reign. He sees how Andrew is casting a shadow over his father\u2019s reign, and he doesn\u2019t want that baggage when he is crowned.<\/p>\n \u201cThey operate at different speeds, but in this situation, with someone like Andrew, letting it drag on like this leaves the institution looking positively ancient and cumbersome, not the agile monarchy that can modernise with the times,\u201d Ms Constant added.<\/p>\n The former Duke of York and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, are currently moving out of their palatial Royal Lodge home. Picture: Mark Cuthbert\/UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n British royals expert Hilary Fordwich claimed to Fox News Digital that Andrew, who was known as the late queen\u2019s favourite son, is \u201cdesperate\u201d to take whatever he can get despite his ongoing downfall.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is all about Andrew doing his utmost in a desperate attempt to salvage as much of his forever privilege as possible before he is ousted from Royal Lodge,\u201d said Ms Fordwich.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s fighting a losing battle to protect his dignity and his daughters\u2019 status as princesses. [But] his digging is rather embarrassing, achieving the opposite.<\/p>\n \u201cIt further demonstrates how entitled and tone-deaf he is towards public perception, damaging the monarchy overall. It\u2019s why Prince William is livid.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTo leave, Andrew is making audacious demands, particularly given ubiquitous public anger about his conduct,\u201d Ms Fordwich shared.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wants a vast settlement estimated to be about \u00a375 million ($A151 million), a vast home in Sandringham of about six or seven bedrooms, completed with police protection, supported by extensive staff.<\/p>\n \u201cKing Charles is frustrated as he wants Andrew out of Royal Lodge to reduce the ghastly optics of such a disgraced brother still living the high life in one of the crown\u2019s finest homes.\u201d<\/p>\n King Charles had wanted Andrew out of Royal Lodge for years. Picture: Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n People magazine<\/a> reported Andrew and Sarah have been given a move-out date of January 31.<\/p>\n A source told the outlet Sarah is searching for a new home nearby, which will keep the 66-year-old close to her daughters in London, about a 45-minute drive away.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is looking for a place in Windsor,\u201d the insider claimed.<\/p>\n Princess Beatrice splits her time between a private apartment at St. James and a farmhouse in the Cotswolds. Princess Eugenie divides her time between the Ivy Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace and Portugal.<\/p>\n Another source told the outlet the author plans to \u201cmove forward independently\u201d and hasn\u2019t asked for property or special provisions.<\/p>\n The insider denied reports that Sarah would be moving into a converted barn on Beatrice\u2019s property or joining Eugenie in Portugal.<\/p>\n Ex-Prince Andrew, Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice and Prince Edward. Picture: Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n According to multiple reports, Andrew and Sarah have lived together for more than a decade despite divorcing in 1996.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Andrew, 65, is relocating to a property on the king\u2019s Sandringham estate in Norfolk that\u2019s just under a three-hour drive from Windsor.<\/p>\n Fox News Digital reached out to a representative for Sarah Ferguson for comment.<\/p>\n Andrew was forced to surrender his lease amid new uproar over the 65-year-old\u2019s ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n The Mirror pointed out Andrew\u2019s lease on Royal Lodge was for 75 years. Since the king couldn\u2019t force his brother out, the disgraced royal had to agree to leave on his own accord.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite his fall from grace over the years, Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein and has not been charged with alleged offences,\u201d Ms Chard said.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe his thinking is, his royal titles have been stripped from him, he has lost everything, and may as well go for it, as he has nothing to lose. \u2026 Andrew still maintains a warped level of status, and let\u2019s not forget, he is still in the line of succession.\u201d<\/p>\n The former Duke of York’s Royal Lodge where he has lived since 2004<\/p>\n Ms Constant warned Andrew isn\u2019t fading quietly into the background, insisting this won\u2019t be the last the public hears of his ongoing battle for relevance.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether it was his time as U.K. trade envoy or a working royal, Andrew\u2019s primary concern is his bottom line,\u201d Ms Constant said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s in it for Andrew? Royal Lodge is Andrew\u2019s last chip. The palace was careful to say from the start that a formal request was sent to Andrew to relinquish his 75-year lease.<\/p>\n \u201cThey also never provided a timeline.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d heard from the beginning that this was going to stretch into the new year. Andrew is going to want what, in his mind, is proper compensation \u2014 whether that\u2019s more money or housekeepers.\u201d<\/p>\n Parts of this story first appeared in Fox News<\/a> and were republished with permission.<\/p>\n RELATED: Prince Andrew\u2019s plans for $57m Royal Lodge revealed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n $33bn: Royals mind-blowing real estate portfolio revealed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b>Staggering fortune Harry, Meghan lost exposed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-Royal\u2019s wild demand after forced out of home Ex-Prince Andrew is said to be making outrageously bold demands…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-612995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115664836526110791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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