Prince Andrew “feels he has lost everything” as King Charles ramps up the bitter feud with his brother, according to a royal commentator.
Expert Rupert Bell has stated that the Duke of York’s “stubbornness” and “arrogance” have only added fuel to the fire in his long-standing feud with King Charles.
Bell said: “One of the problems that Prince Andrew has is that he is occasionally convinced of his rightness, and he gets himself into hot water with his stubbornness and sometimes his own arrogance has caused him to create these problems.
“He feels like he lost everything and if he loses his house, well then he probably feels that even more has been taken away from him.
Prince Andrew “feels he has lost everything” as King Charles ramps up the bitter feud with his brother, according to a royal commentator.
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Bell told Times Radio: “It’s an interesting dynamic between these two but King is trying in a way to force his hand but if Andrew says I can afford to live here, then there’s not much the King can do.”
The brothers have been in a long standing feud since the Duke of York reportedly refused to leave the Royal Lodge after King Charles told the prince to downsize to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
In an effort to evict Prince Andrew from the property, the King instructed his Keeper of the Privy Purse, the monarch’s finance director, to cut the Duke of York’s £1million annual personal allowance.
In addition, the King, 75, is believed to have cut Andrew’s seven-figure private security detail.
Prince Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 following backlash from his controversial Newsnight interview
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The Duke of York has been reliant on King Chales’s £1million a year allowance to fund his lifestyle and security team since he stepped back from Royal duties in 2019 following backlash from his controversial Newsnight interview.
Prince Andrew has been widely unpopular with the public since the release of a BBC interview where he discussed his friendship with late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Both Netflix and Amazon have released TV dramas based on Andrew’s 2019 career-ending interview, which are highly critical of the father of two.
The Duke of York currently resides in Royal Lodge with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson.
Prince Andrew has lived at Royal Lodge with Sarah Ferguson since 2003
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“Prince Andrew is holding firm and is determined to stay in the Royal Lodge,” a source told The Sun.
“He is insistent that he has the funds to pay for his own security, despite the eyewatering seven-figure sum it is reportedly costing him.
“He is no longer a financial burden on the King and sees no reason why he should have to move from his home.”
It was reported that the late Queen Elizabeth II planned to evict Andrew from Royal Lodge if she had lived another year.
