King Charles has finally ‘evicted Prince Andrew from Buckingham Palace’ after Epstein scandal
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King Charles has finally kicked Prince Andrew out of the royal fold and told him he is “on his own”, a source has claimed.
Andrew was told to no longer use Buckingham Palace as office space, effectively severing his final link to his former life as a working royal, according to a new report in Sun.
“Any presence in the Palace has officially ended,” the source said. The king has made it clear. He is not a real worker. He is alone.
As part of the King’s decision, Andrew, 62, will not be able to use the address for any future correspondence.
Minimal staff who had been retained since leaving the public service three years ago are reportedly now facing joblessness.
King Charles finally kicked Prince Andrew out of the royal fold and told him he’s ‘on his own’, sources claim
Until this year, he had maintained 10 military affiliations, including Grenadier Guard colonel, as he worked to clear his name amid the scandal surrounding his association with American pedophile Jeffery Epstein.
As part of the King’s decision, Andrew, 62, will not be able to use the address for any future correspondence.
The report comes after it was announced that Queen Consort Camilla would replace the disgraced duke as colonel of the Grenadier Guards in a shake-up of the royal military’s senior ranks.
The deck will also see the Princess of Wales promoted to her first post in the Army, taking over as colonel in the Irish Guards from her husband.
Prince William will become a colonel in the Welsh Guards in his place.
Andrew inherited the post of colonel in the Grenadier Guards from his late father, the Duke of Edinburgh, when he retired from public life in 2017.
After his disastrous interview with BBC Newsnight in 2019, the Queen forced him to step down from his official royal duties.
Until this year, he had maintained 10 military affiliations, including colonel in the Grenadier Guards, as he worked to clear his name amid the scandal surrounding his association with American pedophile Jeffery Epstein.
He was ultimately stripped of the ceremonial title earlier this year following his decision to settle a civil lawsuit with one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Giuffre, who had also accused him of assault.
A deal was agreed last year, believed to be in the region of $12 million (£9.8 million).
He has always flatly denied any wrongdoing.
Andrew is set to join King Charles and other senior royals for Christmas dinner at Sandringham tomorrow.
Andrew will join King Charles and other senior royals for Christmas dinner at Sandringham tomorrow.
MailOnline has contacted the Palace for comment.
Earlier this year, the Duke of York was left ‘deprived’ and ‘tearful’ when Charles told him, in no uncertain terms, that his days as a working royal were over.
At the time, a source told the Mail on Sunday that “Andrew was totally shocked” and “totally bereft”. He always believed there was a way back.’
Andrew has denied being close to Epstein, who committed suicide in jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.
Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving 20 years in a Florida jail after being convicted last December of child sex trafficking and other charges.
His mother, the late queen, reportedly did not explicitly tell him there would be no way for him to return to public life.
The report comes after it was announced that Queen Consort Camilla would replace the disgraced duke as colonel of the Grenadier Guards in a shake-up of the royal military’s senior ranks.
As a result, he was slow to see what the rest of his family, and the public, had recognized for months.
“Until meeting face to face with his brother, Andrew believed there was a way back, that he could somehow rehabilitate himself and play a role in The Firm in the future,” the source said. ‘He left the meeting shocked. He is still in shock. He is completely lost and very depressed.
At the meeting, Charles, who was not yet a king, said: ‘Go and have a good life, a good life, but public life as a royal is coming to an end… You have to accept this. ‘
As a working royal, Andrew was entitled to a taxpayer-funded security detail made up of armed policemen who accompanied him on all visits outside of Windsor, Berkshire.
Now that there is no going back, the Home Office has stripped Andrew of taxpayer-funded security personnel, meaning any armed protection police will be replaced by private companies only allowed to carry tasers.
Former Home Office Minister Norman Baker said yesterday: “Armed protection has always been a status symbol for people like Prince Andrew.
“Of course he should pay it himself and not burden the taxpayer because he is a private individual and does not carry out public functions.”