Prince Andrew is refusing to leave the royal family’s Royal Lodge on its sprawling Windsor estate because WHY?!?!?!
The disgraced Duke of York has been living rent-free (with a security detail for a while there, until it was reportedly rescinded, and a generous allowance!!!) in the five years since he first became embroiled in that notorious sex scandal involving his longtime pal, the now-deceased Jeffrey Epstein. But even though the 75-year-old King Charles apparently wants his 64-year-old younger brother to move out of the Royal Lodge ASAP, that may not happen. And the reason why is truly stupefying!
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According to a new report published by the US Sun on Tuesday, things are rapidly coming to a head between Prince Andrew and Prince William‘s father. Royal expert Hugo Vickers spoke on the record to that outlet and claimed that Andrew is digging in his heels and remaining at the Royal Lodge to see out his ongoing 75-year-long lease of the place. But with his purported connections to Epstein now very much front-and-center, and known the world over, the King wants him GONE!
The problem is that there’s no precedent for that, short of Prince Andrew volunteering on his own to leave the expensive and massive Royal Lodge and move into smaller and more subtle digs. And Andrew won’t do that, Vickers hypothesizes, because doing so would be admitting guilt in his links to Epstein!
Huh?!
Seems like we are already WAY past that with Prince Andrew and his irrefutable links to Epstein — and we have been for a while now! Regardless, Vickers notes that this is likely how the landscape looks at this point:
“I think we must all accept that he is not wanted for any public duties. If you were running a charity you wouldn’t be asking Prince Andrew to come and be your guest of honour. So nobody wants him in a public way. So there he is living at Royal Lodge, playing golf, seeing his children and grandchildren and riding in the park and it is expensive.”
The royal expert went on to also tell the US Sun that the right thing to do would be for the embattled prince to volunteer on his own to move into more humble housing. But again, Vickers’ take — knowing the inter-workings of the royal fam — is that Andrew won’t do that so as not to seem as though he is acknowledging guilt over his longstanding Epstein allegiance:
“The ideal situation would of course be that Andrew would volunteer to down-size and move somewhere else. What I think he feels is that if he moves out of Royal Lodge it’s somehow publicly accepting guilt for which he has not been proved. Nevertheless it’s an expensive lifestyle.”
Jeez! Make it make sense! Prince Andrew has gone and f**ked up literally every part of this controversy, it seems. And now he’s going to try to play the “not guilty” card?! WTF??
Remember, just last month, we reported how King Charles reportedly unceremoniously dropped Andrew’s security detail — likely as a move to put pressure on his little brother to pick up and move! At the time, a palace insider noted:
“Everyone is speculating this means the Duke will have to leave the Royal Lodge. What other reason could there be to take his security away? They are all working the final weeks of their contract till the end of October. It’s not thought anyone is being lined up to replace them. It isn’t a secret that the King wants him out.”
Obviously, the end of October is only about six weeks away now. Thus, it’ll be interesting to see what happens when November rolls around on the calendar! Is an eviction forthcoming, or what?!
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