Prince Andrew has broken cover on his shooting trip with daughter Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank after it was revealed the King has cut off his ‘£1 million a year’ allowance.
The 64-year-old Duke was spotted driving into the grounds of Windsor to go on a pheasant hunt with his youngest daughter and her husband of six years.
It’s the first time he’s been seen since he was cut off financially by his brother, marking a new low in the siblings’ relationships.
An updated biography by acclaimed royal writer Robert Hardman, serialized by the Mail, reveals that despite the Duke of York’s attempts to bluff the monarch, Charles acted decisively.
In recent weeks he has ordered his Keeper of the Privy Purse, the monarchy’s chief financial officer, to abolish his beleaguered younger brother’s annual personal allowance – believed to be around £1 million a year – and to stop paying for his seven-figure stipend. private security detail.
“The duke is no longer a financial burden on the king,” a source confirmed.
The Duke, 64, was spotted driving into Windsor grounds to go on a pheasant hunt with his youngest daughter and her husband of six years
Prince Andrew has now been officially cut off financially by the King, marking a new low in relations between the royal brothers
Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank (pictured driving) organize a pheasant shoot in Windsor
An updated biography of acclaimed royal writer Robert Hardman, published 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-room mansion in Windsor, Royal Lodge, a wish he reportedly shared with the late Queen Elizabeth.
According to sources, she did If he lived another year, the late queen would have forced the duke to leave his family home and move to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of Prince Harry and Meghan.
Sources close to the Duke of York have long claimed he had an ironclad 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 has firmly rejected suggestions that he move to nearby Frogmore Cottage.
Cut off financially, the Duke will be forced to find money for the upkeep of his properties in addition to his security credentials.
According to 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 by the monarch on behalf of the nation.
The Duke has repeatedly claimed that he can continue to pay for his own living expenses, claiming to have found “other sources of income” linked to his contacts in international trade, sufficient to cover all his costs.
The Duke is currently enjoying a weekend of pheasant shooting organized by Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack
Sources have said that if she had lived another year, Queen Elizabeth would have forced Andrew to leave his family home, Royal Lodge at Windsor Great Park.
She is said to have had him downsize to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Andrew has been stripped of his patronages and military associations and effectively barred from using his HRH title in public due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein
The Duke was stripped of his patronages and military associations after his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis
The Duke was stripped of his patronages and military associations and is effectively banned from using his HRH title in public following his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis about his association with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
As a result, he no longer performs royal duties.
An updated edition of Hardman’s biography, Charles III: New King. New Court. Published earlier this year, The Inside Story is now released in hardback with additional material and three new chapters packed with fascinating details.
Among the new revelations is how Prince Harry’s determination to take dogged legal action against the Home Office over its decision to withdraw his 24-hour security when he stepped down from royal duties drove a wedge between father and son .
The king fears that if he mends his relationship with Harry, he could be implicated in the case, putting him in ‘legal jeopardy’.
Royal insiders have also hit back at suggestions they failed to help Meghan when she joined the royal family, saying she threw their offer in their faces.
They insist that, rather than 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 any form 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 Britain in May, the two did not meet. The prince was offered a room at Buckingham Palace, but chose to stay in a hotel.
“We were told this was for security reasons,” said a member of the King’s staff. “I’m not sure you can get anywhere safer than the Palace.”