While the nation basks in the good news about the Princess of Wales in her battle with cancer, the Royals’ troubles are not entirely over. The not-so-grand Duke of York, Prince Andrew, remains a baleful, apparently ungovernable character. Andrew is no longer a working royal, and is rarely, if ever, seen in public (not even at the Pizza Express in Woking). Instead, he prefers to entertain his remaining friends in the seclusion of Royal Lodge in Windsor. Yet even that Edenic existence might be about to come to an end; Andrew faces being expelled from his current residence, should he be unable to pay the substantial costs associated with it.
The so-called ‘Siege of Royal Lodge’ shows no signs of coming to an end
As a reminder (as if we could ever forget!) of Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview shame is about to be broadcast on Amazon Prime next week in the appropriately titled A Very Royal Scandal, the Duke of York’s already diminished standing could barely be lower.
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