Prince Andrew has been out on a hunting trip with his daughter Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank after it was revealed the king had cut his ‘£1 million a year’ allowance.
The duke, 64, was seen driving through the grounds of Windsor, to join his youngest daughter and her six-year-old husband on a pheasant hunt.
It is the first time he has been seen since his brother cut him off financially, marking a new low in relations between the brothers.
An updated biography of acclaimed royal writer Robert Hardman, serialized in the Mail, reveals that despite the Duke of York’s attempts to expose the monarch, Charles has acted decisively.
In recent weeks he has instructed his keeper of the private purse, the monarchy’s chief financial officer, to cut his beleaguered younger brother’s annual personal allowance – believed to be around £1m a year – and now It doesn’t pay for your seven figures. private security detail.
“The duke is no longer a financial burden on the king,” confirms a source.
The duke, 64, was seen driving through the grounds of Windsor, to join his youngest daughter and her six-year-old husband on a pheasant hunt.
The king has officially cut off Prince Andrew’s finances, marking a new low in relations between the royal brothers.
Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank (pictured driving) host a pheasant photo shoot in Windsor
An updated biography of acclaimed royal writer Robert Hardman, serialized in the Mail, reveals Charles has acted decisively
The King has long made clear his desire to see Andrew move out of his massive 30-bedroom Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge, a wish he reportedly shared with the late Queen Elizabeth.
According to sources, if she Had he lived another year, the late queen would have forced the duke to leave his family home and move into Frogmore Cottage, the former home of Prince Harry and Meghan.
Sources close to the Duke of York have long argued that he had a long-term lease on the late Queen Mother’s former home in Windsor Great Park.
He is said to have made it clear to the King’s advisers that they have no right to force him to downsize and firmly rejected suggestions that he move to nearby Frogmore Cottage.
Finding himself financially isolated, the Duke will be forced to find funds for the upkeep of his property, in addition to his security team.
According Hardman, this apparently includes the cost of protecting several valuable and historic works of art and furniture borrowed from the Royal Collection, the treasury of antiquities held in trust by the monarch on behalf of the nation.
The duke has repeatedly stated that he can continue to pay for his own upkeep, claiming to have found “other sources of income” related to his contacts in international trade, sufficient to cover all his expenses.
The duke is currently enjoying a weekend of pheasant hunting organized by Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack.
Sources have said that if he had lived another year, Queen Elizabeth would have forced Andrew to leave his family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.
She would have forced him to move to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Andrew has been stripped of his military sponsorships and associations and effectively banned from using his HRH title in public for his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
The duke was stripped of his military patronages and associations following his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis.
The Duke was stripped of his military patronages and associations and effectively banned from using his HRH title in public following his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis about her association with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
As a result, he no longer takes on royal duties.
An updated edition of Hardman’s biography, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, which was published earlier this year, is now published in hardcover with additional material and three new chapters packed with fascinating details.
Among the new revelations is how Prince Harry’s determination to doggedly pursue legal action against the Home Office over its decision to withdraw his 24-hour security when he stepped down from royal duties has driven a wedge between father and son.
The King fears that if he repairs his relationship with Harry he could be dragged into the case, placing him in “legal jeopardy.”
Royal insiders have also responded to suggestions that they did not help Meghan when she joined the Royal Family, saying she returned the offer in their faces.
They insist that, far from throwing the duchess to the wolves, as she has suggested, they did everything in their power to help her… and it was she who said no.
Sources say the King is not against some kind of rapprochement with the Sussexes despite the barrage of criticism he has received. But it has not been an easy process.
When Harry returned to the UK in May, the two did not meet. The prince was offered a room at Buckingham Palace, but preferred to stay in a hotel.
“They told us it was for security reasons,” says a member of the King’s staff. “I’m not sure you can get anywhere safer than the Palace.”