It feels like this is going under the radar given *waves hands around* everything else, but as someone who has followed King Charles’s two-year effort to evict Prince Andrew from Royal Lodge, the recent turn of events have been fascinating. Charles’s big scheme was to evict the Sussexes for Frogmore Cottage, and finding some way to force Andrew out of Royal Lodge and making him live in Frogmore. This whole time, Andrew has had a valid lease and enough money squirreled away to pay for his way of life. Charles made a big stink about “cutting off” the funds for Andrew’s security and Andrew’s allowance this year. Andrew still isn’t giving up Royal Lodge, and now people close to Charles are admitting defeat. In fact, everyone saying that Andrew has “comprehensively humiliated” the king, and that “heads will roll” over this whole saga. Now the Mail’s Richard Eden has written a piece where he points out that Charles should be careful not to piss off Andrew, because Andrew will happily sell out everyone in the family. Some highlights:
Charles shocked Andrew & Fergie by withdrawing funds: I can disclose that the move by the King, who has long made it clear he wants his brother to move out of Royal Lodge, has shocked friends of Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, also resident at the 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park. ‘Why is the King doing this?’ demanded one associate I spoke to. ‘And why now? It makes no sense. The King hardly needs to save money.’
Charles accidentally drew attention to his slumlord style: Indeed, the King was handed more than £27 million from the Duchy of Lancaster last year to spend as he pleases without public scrutiny. That huge sum is in addition to the £86.3 million he will receive this year from the Sovereign Grant, which pays for the Royal Family’s running costs. The decision to strip Andrew of financial support once again draws attention to the King’s finances, which are already being scrutinised heavily under the Labour Government, which is currently legislating to remove hereditary peers from the Lords. Nick Thomas-Symonds, minister for the constitution, declared: ‘The hereditary principle in law-making has lasted for too long and is out of step with modern Britain.’ And the King, surely, cannot rest easy under Sir Keir Starmer, who once called for the abolition of the monarchy.
Charles needs support, so what is he doing? However, the recent publication of stories such as one disclosing how the Duchy of Lancaster, on behalf of the King, charged the NHS more than £11 million over 15 years for the right to park ambulances in one of its warehouses, are likely to increase nervousness among monarchists. But instead of sticking together, the King is attacking his 64-year-old brother Andrew, who served bravely as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War and worked as UK trade envoy.
Andrew has always been loyal to the crown: ‘Whatever you think of Andrew or his former wife, they have always been loyal to the Crown,’ one of their friends insists. ‘It’s quite remarkable how Sarah has managed to pursue a successful career in public life, and has given countless interviews, yet has never said anything damaging about the Royal Family.’ The friend is too discreet to spell it out, but Andrew and Fergie’s loyalty stands in contrast to the disloyalty of another duke, the Duke of Sussex, who, with his wife, has made a fortune out of attacking the Royal Family via Harry’s tawdry memoir, Spare, and their Netflix ‘docu-series’ Harry & Meghan. Is it wise of the King to force his brother to seek his own fortune in order to pay the costs of maintaining and running Royal Lodge, which are estimated to be as much as £1 million per year?
Charles should call off the dogs: The King should call off the dogs and reassure Andrew that he won’t be booted out of his family home if his sources of income dry up. Otherwise, his brother might be forced to follow the example of Charles’s disloyal younger son and make millions from spilling royal secrets. And no one would want that.
None of this is new, this has been Andrew’s go-to threat for several years now. He continues to say to his brother: capitulate or I’ll start spilling family secrets. The thing is, Andrew can’t do what Prince Harry has done – write a massively successful memoir and give multiple sympathetic interviews – because Andrew is fundamentally a pathetic and villainous figure. Andrew can’t suddenly make millions of dollars by selling his story. But Andrew could absolutely do a huge amount of damage if he ever chose to speak out about his family. What’s even more interesting is that in this limited battle, Andrew had more sympathy from the media. They seem quite happy that Andrew “humiliated” his brother so thoroughly too.
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Andrew can actually do what they accused Harry of: spilling Charles and Will’s secrets. Harry told his own story because they all lied on him and his wife. Andrew isn’t planning to tell his friendship with Epstein, I am sure. It would go down as well as his interview with BBC.
Exactly. If Andrew wrote a book and had a good ghostwriter/editor/publisher, it could be very damaging if it focused on the royal family itself and their secrets and less on Andrew’s childhood and teddy bears and Epstein (because who wants to read a book about how honorable Andrew is and how he couldn’t just cut Epstein off?) But if Andrew were to write a book spilling everything said behind closed doors about Diana? About Meghan? Spilling how Margaret got her millions or who benefited for Phillip’s will?
That could be very very damaging and could earn him a big payday.
Harry was very careful in spare to focus on HIS story (which was his whole point in writing it.) If Andrew is less focused on his own story (because who cares) and more focused on the landmines that Harry seemed careful to avoid……it would be a huge best seller.
I have to admit, I would find it impossible not to read that book. I would wait until it was available at the library so he didn’t get my money.
I’d buy it!
I’d want to read it!
Andy’s more likely to dish about Bishop Ball and Jimmy Saville than Epstein.
He knows where Charles’ skeletons are stored.
Well for one Harry’s wasn’t a tell all it was just his life. He left 400 pages out. Now the pedo well I believe he would do a tell all and let everyone know where everyone’s skeletons are located. I hope he does it would serve everyone right.
You are right, I would love it for all of them. And I do believe people would buy his book for the dirt, despite it lining the pockets of this rapist. Curiosity would get the best of us
Andy’s book would probably sell very well. He’s got a lot of dirty secrets. Pretty much nothing left to lose either. He’s already been stripped of most of his prestigious perks. If he gets desperate enough for $$$$\€€€\£££ Chuckles better watch out.
I would buy it… I wouldn’t buy the Audible if Andy was reading or worse his ex wife… I loved Spare on audible with Harry reading… it really made it feel personal. I despise everything about Andrew, but I despise Charlie more… he is in a position of enormous wealth and power and he abuses that. And most importantly he is a very very bad father and grandfather and was a very bad husband to his first wife.
I’m not sure why chuck started poking this particular bear. He should have just left him alone in his big house…..hugging his teddy bears. Now…and f andy wants to be petty……he could definitely write a tell all.
I thought it was because Willie wants the Royal Lodge for himself?
Surely this level of gross press isn’t worth it for the heir with a monarch with cancer. It made sense when Elizabeth looked like she would live into her 100s, and Will and Kate’s marriage was obviously over in all but name, but now?
Just wait a bit and you can park your wife anywhere.
This story makes no sense. If Andrew has either squirrelled away enough money to keep Royal Lodge (unlikely given its dilapidated state) or secured funding from shady people, there is no need for what amounts to a public threat “Let us live there, restore our funding or else I’ll sell secrets.” There would just be silence as he basked in his triumph, rode his horses around Windsor and arranged his teddy bears. Whatever funding he lately secured it’s clearly stopgap and it will run out sooner rather than later, so this must be just the next step in their feud.
You can tell though that this comes straight from Andrew. “…‘It’s quite remarkable how Sarah has managed to pursue a successful career in public life…” HAHAHAHA no, she’s never done anything of the sort
I think the dilapidated state was a lie by the media. If the place were in bad condition his lease would be voidable because it states that he has to keep the place up.
There were photographs in the press showing clearly the terrible state the property is in. And who will sue Andrew over the lease unless Charles gives the OK?
The only photos in the press I saw concerned the outside of an outbuilding that could have been a shed since they zoomed in on one detail. Perhaps you have seen some I haven’t.
My guess is that its unlikely Andrew has enough money to fund the upkeep of Royal Lodge AND his lifestyle indefinitely but has enough for right now. I actually expect Charles to reinstate his allowance quietly within the year and we’re never going to hear of Royal Lodge leaving Andrew again. I think he had some money but used the threat of a tell-all to get Charles to completely cave, which is what is so “humiliating” for Charles.
I’m not an apologist for any of these people but the “successful career in public life” quote is not entirely laughable. In fact, without the word successful I’d say it’s entirely true. Unlike Kate, Sarah has had numerous jobs both before and after her marriage. For example, she had a long term contract as a Weight Watchers spokesperson and has written a number of books which she promoted. She had ample opportunities to trash the Royals but didn’t.
Oh, yeah, Sarah is a hustler compared to Kate. It’s interesting to watch this play out, she’s obviously fine to fade away into obscurity. I would not be okay with that life, I am bored just reading about Kate.
She trashed Diana so much so diana,stopped talking to her. Sarah squandered money and went bankrupt twice. She endorsed products out of necessity.
Ferg ie spent lavish amounts of money in wardrobe and other things and was deeply in debt. After separation and divorce ferg ie had to work to pay up her debts. She would make money only to lose it again. She is no role model.
Unlike PH, until recently, the RF was supportive of Andrew. While QE was alive he was kept up in style. Even after her death, he was welcome at family events. He was even more protected in the media than PH ever was. Even Fergie after Phil’s death was treated better than Meghan.
It really is something to watch them continue to make excuses for this entire dysfunctional bunch while tossing jabs at Harry and Meghan.
Harry did a deep dive into generational trauma, finding love and independence in an institution that is hard wired to keep an entire family beholden to whoever fell out of a vagina first, but Harry is the traitor?
Andrew is terrible, but why aren’t they talking about what this situation really boils down to. The king is throwing a tantrum about his brother because Mommy loved him more. It’s pathetic.
@Christine
It’s also jealousy. Andrew was extremely good looking back in the day. He also married for love. Chuck and Seabiscuit had to wait for decades before they could marry, meanwhile Andrew was financially supported while shacking up with his foolish perpetually broke ex wife.
Andrews marriage for love fizzled out fast. Five years later ferg ie started up with financial advisers. She got bored with him.
It wasn’t Harry who disclosed who were the royal racists. He only talked about why he left and how his wife suffered. Those responsible for Meghan’s bad treatment should hang their heads in shame.
Go for it Andrew .. though I imagine the real truth of your own shenanigans would curdle the clotted cream everywhere …
The thing that this article and others like it seem to be implying is that Charles and the royal family have more scandals to be revealed. We already know about the adulterous past of most of them but there are still stories to be shared that they think could fill a book to use as leverage to keep Andrew in Royal Lodge. I don’t believe that Charles wants Andrew to move out of RL. I think it was just a story to try and abuse Harry with. Notice that through all of these claims, never once was Andrew shunned from family events or stripped of any financial support. Doing either of those things could easily have been done at any point following the Queen’s death, but it hasn’t because it is only used to try and make Harry feel ostracized and isolated enough to want to return to them. It’s the same way they parade the Tindalls and Fergie when they want to seem like a close and loving family.
Hmm. Where to start? Feels like the rota isn’t just fed up with William but Charles too. I mean the both of them plus their wives drove out the Sussexes. Well, the press did too but they’d rather blame the RF. At least internally. They’d never say that aloud. And at the end of the day, the press would like to see Charles reconcile with Harry because in their eyes it would mean more access to the Sussexes. But Charles and William and their wives don’t want that. And then there’s the trial looming. Are they mad Charles wasn’t able to put an end to it? Or are some of them secretly looking forward to it? I’d assume the ones not named in the suit and the ones not working for the Sun might be excited for it, maybe?
How I wish Andrew would spill everything. Do it, do it! But he’s pretty loyal to the crown. And I’m confused. Bc didn’t Fergie go on Oprah back in the day? She didn’t spill that much from what I can recall but she wasn’t super complimentary either was she?
I remember her specifically talking about how the lighting at BP drove her batty, because it was too low to actually see anything. So, no, hardly scathing, but then again, if Meghan had mentioned anything about lighting, they would still be crying about it.
If the British media could be bothered to stop making up stories about the Sussexes and start digging for a change, I’m sure they’d be able to find out some quite entertaining stuff.
I mean, where did all the Yorks’ money come from? Paedrew was broke before he even got his mom to bail him out with the £ 12 million he had to pay for not knowing Virginia Giuffre, because he apparently had never met her. He wasn’t even able to pay off the rest he was due for the chalet in Switzerland.
How was Fergie, who is chronically skint, able to pay £ 5 million for that apartment in London? Her daughters don’t earn that kind of money, neither do Fake Count and Bottle Boy.
How come the three female Yorks spend so much time in the Middle East?
That would be a more enlightening read than anything Paedrew could ever come up with, unless he’d *really* spill — and then he’d probably have to go into hiding forever from the Windsor-Wailses-Parker Bowleses. Not mentioning the Essex-Edinburghs and the Laurence-Parker-Tindalls.
Yes the amount of time B&E spend in the ME is VERY interesting. I’ve watched snippets of B at a couple of these talk fests and it’s pretty clear that she’s there because of her royal connections rather than her personal talents. Her answers are jam packed with buzz words and generalisations. The phrase word salad perfectly sums up B’s performances.
Haha – no, he won’t. Ever. No one in that family ever will.
This is a stupid thing to say. May as well say that Kate might write a tell-all about her marriage.
Harry was pushed. And his book was only disparaging to the British press that exploited and made up crap.
“May as well say that Kate might write a tell-all about her marriage.”
That is why she is still Princess of Wales.
For the monarchy, loyalty means swallowing all the crap they throw your way and then saying “Thank you, sir. May I have another?”
If Andrew decided to go scorched earth, I think his book would do really well. But then, he’d to find somewhere else to live, like with one of his Middle Eastern friends.
That’s the part that cracks me up! I don’t get the idea any of these people like each other, why are they fighting so hard to live in proximity of each other?
It must be such a relief to Harry that people have to choose to spend time with him now, and he doesn’t have to fake relationships. It’s why I believe he and Eugenie are really close and always have been.
Andrew might not be able to give sympathetic interviews but he could definitely get a lucrative book deal and massive sales if he were to throw the family to the wolves in print. I’d like to think he couldn’t but Matt Gaetz is up for attorney general and trump is president. Toxic male fury is in peek form and there are no consequences or cancellations. Biggest cultural gaslighting yet. *sigh*
Happy Friday in hell y’all! 🙂
Harry spoke from the “I_ and shared his lens on his own life. Andrew is a wanted pedophile. They are not comparable.
Trump wouldn’t have a problem with Andrew’s behaviour.
The FBI still wants to talk to Andrew so even if he wanted to write a book he can’t and it seems like Richard Eden has amnesia. Fergie wrote two autobiographies and she did interviews with Oprah.
I had forgotten that the FBI would still like a word with Andrew. If he does eventually pen a book, he’ll have to stay clear out of the US and do his American promotional stints via zoom. 😆
Honest question – will the FBI, under Trump, still want to talk to Andrew? They were running in the same circles and doing the same things. Plus isn’t GM a friend of both? Speaking of GM, can Trump have her set free?
Great point. My guess is no, that is not a thread they want to pull.
Ghislaine if released would find herself in danger and may not survive she knows too much.
@Jazz Hands, I’m not sure. The alphabet agencies (FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, ATF, etc) claim that their missions and agendas remain the same despite who’s in the White House. But because they are so secretive and operate largely without transparency, it’s difficult to determine whether or not this is true. I have no clue how the incoming administration will affect the FBI as it relates to Andrew.
I think Andrew has Anne and Edward fully in his corner, and Anne may have admonished Charles to stand down from this Royal Lodge tantrum. Pull the trigger Andrew! Spill the secrets and do your damage.
PS – Charles looks like death already.
The framing of this by Eden is wild: Andrew served in the Falklands, so he deserves to be kept in gilded luxury!
Charles, Andrew, Andrew’s friends, Fergie are all terrible. No ghostwriter is going to be able to polish the turd that is Randy Andy’s existence.
Harry’s book, by contrast, was a brave telling of a brave man’s truth.
Andrew’s book would sell, but it would be tawdry as hell.
Not proud to say it, or be keen to contribute one cent to Andrew’s fortunes, but I would read the hell out of his tawdry details.
It’s f’ing insane how these people try to rewrite history.
Loyal to the Crown??!?!?
BESIDES the Yorks’ tight friendship with the convicted pedophile, does literally no one remember Fergie secretly tried to sell ACCESS TO ANDREW for half a million pounds in 2010?
Meghan’s still in trouble for opening a car door but this potentially criminal action is just swept under the rug??
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/may/23/sarah-ferguson-andrew-cash-tabloid
“In a taped interview recorded in a Mayfair apartment last Tuesday and put on the paper’s website today, the duchess is seen telling the man she supposed was a foreign businessman that she could obtain access for him to the prince, who acts as a quasi-official British trade envoy promoting deals for UK firms around the world.
Demanding a payment of £500,000 to be wired to her HSBC bank account, she told the reporter: “That opens up everything you would ever wish for. I can open any door you want, and I will for you. Look after me and he’ll look after you … you’ll get it back tenfold.” ”
Contrast that with this whitewash:
‘Whatever you think of Andrew or his former wife, they have always been loyal to the Crown,’ one of their friends insists. ‘It’s quite remarkable how Sarah has managed to pursue a successful career in public life, and has given countless interviews, yet has never said anything damaging about the Royal Family.’
The queen had to hide out her so called loyal son when the f b i wanted yo speak to him and had to pay millions to bail him out. Eden is off the wall.
In my opinion Charles could find a new home in the US for Andrew courtesy of the FBI.
It’s bizarre that nobody really cares that Andrew lives in a huge home with around the clock security that is partially funded by taxpayers. Not to mention with his ex-wife. Yet people go ballistic that Harry and Meghan bought their own home that is half if not more the size and want security for 2 weeks at most throughout the year.
DO tell, Maureen: WHAT royal secrets??
Andrew was not loyal to the crown. His mother trusted him as trade envoy and he was getting involved with shady people like Epstein and ghislaine. Ferg ie was disloyal to the crown blatantly cheating with her financial advisers. And selling access to Andrew. These two being shown as role models to put down Harry is ludicrous
Hey Eden Sarah wrote a tell all book about her life with the royal family. She squandered money and had to endorse products to earn money