• Prince Andrew is resisting having to maneuver out from a lavish royal mansion, in accordance with experiences.
• The maintenance of Royal Lodge — his present, 30-room dwelling — is now unaffordable to the disgraced royal.
• Buckingham Palace is providing using Frogmore Cottage, the previous dwelling of Harry and Meghan.

Prince Andrew is “refusing to budge” from the sprawling Windsor mansion he has lived in since 2004, regardless of being advised to downsize by his brother, King Charles III, the Mail on Sunday reported a buddy of his as saying. 

The strikes come after Andrew was pressured to step again from royal duties in 2019 over his affiliation with convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, a matter he elaborated on in a disastrous BBC interview. 

Andrew, the Duke of York, is “refusing to see anyone” and is “fragile” over the plan to depart Royal Lodge, the unnamed buddy advised the newspaper.

The Mail on Sunday earlier reported that Charles has lower Andrew’s annual £250,000 ($310,000) allowance, making the maintenance of the historic, 30-room mansion a steep problem.

In February 2022, Andrew settled a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was trafficked to have intercourse with him on three events when she was 17. The settlement didn’t embody any act of contrition, per The Guardian.

Final yr Andrew had his army titles eliminated, and misplaced using His Royal Highness.

“He is involved that now the coronation is over, the knives are out,” the buddy reportedly added to the Mail on Sunday.

He’s even fearful that the royal household would flip off utilities to get him out of there, the buddy mentioned. 

In line with Yahoo Information, upkeep and working prices on the property come to round £400,000 ($500,000) per yr. 

As Yahoo Information first reported, the prince has been supplied using Frogmore Cottage as an alternative — the property utilized by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle earlier than they stepped down from royal duties.

They had been evicted from the home in early March, a shock determination that got here after the discharge of Harry’s memoir “Spare.” 

Though the couple spent $3 million renovating Frogmore, the five-bedroom property will likely be a big step down for Andrew, who shares the Royal Lodge together with his estranged spouse Sarah, the Duchess of York. 

The bigger property, which has been prolonged and modified a number of occasions over the centuries, additionally boasts seven cottages, a chapel, and a tiny thatched kids’s cottage gifted to the late Queen Elizabeth II on the age of six — all set in 98 acres of land.

The unique date for Andrew and Sarah to maneuver out was September, however, in accordance with the Mail, Buckingham Palace accepts that is probably too quickly.

“He has till autumn to depart however is resisting,” an unnamed insider advised Yahoo Information. 

One buddy defended Andrew, saying it was unfair to have him transfer out whereas his daughter, Princess Eugenie, is pregnant. 

“This has been his household dwelling for the previous 20 years. Is it actually wise to kick him out?” the buddy advised the Mail on Sunday. 

Representatives for the Duke didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.