As the Princess of Wales draws plaudits for appearing at last night’s BAFTA awards in a subtly reused Alexander McQueen dress, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to keep the world guessing as to whether they will appear at the Coronation in less than three months, the younger members of the Royal Family are the ones who seem to have momentum behind them. Yet Prince Andrew is not to be outdone – even if the attention that he receives may not always be welcome.
Not only was it recently announced that he would – flatteringly – be played by Rufus Sewell in a forthcoming dramatisation of his notorious 2019 Newsnight interview, but it has been suggested that he will lose his £249,000 annual allowance as from April. In a statement that might lead the cynical to produce tiny violins, he has suggested that he will no longer be able to maintain the 98-acre Royal Lodge in Windsor if he is to be deprived of this sum of money.
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