Prince Andrew told ‘move out of Royal Lodge now – for sake of Beatrice and Eugenie’

A columnist has claimed that needs to move out of Royal Lodge now for the sake of Beatrice and Eugenie, who’ve “already been stung”.

In an interview with , News Corp columnist Angela Mollard shared her thoughts about the ongoing dispute between the Duke of York and King Charles over the tenancy of the £30million mansion.

Charles has urged his brother to vacate the Windsor Estate property and move into smaller accommodation, with reports that Andrew had been struggling to maintain the £400,000-a-year upkeep costs.

The was posted on the same day that a three-part series, ‘A Very Royal Scandal’, about Andrew’s notorious 2019 Newsnight interview, aired on Amazon.

Sky News Australia presenter Gabriella Power and Angela talked about the duke’s “one-liners”, including what Gabriella described as the claim that he “never sweats”. It led Angela to discuss the Duke’s living arrangements.

Angela said: “Yes and that he’d been to Pizza Express with his daughter and look; well, I’ve written a piece on the fact that on the back of this coming out today, it really is time that moved out of Royal Lodge.

“It’s a 30-room house. He really…he’s been offered Frogmore Cottage, which was of course where Meghan and Harry used to live, and my argument that is he has to do it on behalf of his daughters. They’ve already been stung by this.

“If William comes to power. Let’s say is…becomes more sick and William comes to power prematurely while his children are still young, he is going to need his cousins, among them Beatrice and Eugenie, as well as the Tindalls, Zara Tindall, to be alongside him.”

She continued: “We saw that at Royal Ascot earlier this year, because Kate was out of action, because the King was out of action, he pulled in his cousins and I think even though the current monarch wants a more slimmed down monarchy, William may well need to have more support in the ranks.”

Andrew signed a 75-year lease on the mansion in 2003, meaning Charles lacks the legal grounds to evict his brother. However, the King has reportedly been keen to end his funding for security on the estate.

Andrew, who leased the property in 2004, is reluctant to move out and reportedly had planned to pass the house on to his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie.