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Quotation: He has been included since Charles’s 2022 accession. His exclusion this year, therefore, “would be confirmation that the relationship between the two had soured”, said Craig Prescott, author of Modern Monarchy, out in 2025, and a lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. “That would be a clear sign of Charles, at least, wanting to try and diminish the issue.”Quotation: “His finances have always been a mystery in many ways,” said Prescott. “Just where does he get the money from to live in the manner to which he has become accustomed?”
Quotation: “It’s very difficult to work out just what someone like Prince Andrew can do,” said Prescott. “He’ll continue to have this need for money and will always be on the hunt of it, you would imagine.
“The king has tried. He’s offered him a soft landing of Frogmore Cottage, which would have reduced his security, reduced his running costs, reduced, you imagine, his need for money.”
Now virtually a prisoner at Royal Lodge, one solution Andrew may be contemplating is moving abroad, according to reports.
Sources close to the government of the United Arab Emirates claim the duke is considering a permanent move to the Gulf, where his royal status would still confer a degree of respect, according to the Sunday Times. This would likely further alarm the royal family.
One of Andrew’s blind spots appears to be his vulnerability. In a document, referred to in a court ruling, the unnamed Chinese business contact described the prince as being “in a desperate situation and will grab on to anything”.
“The alarm bells didn’t ring for him,” said Prescott. “He could ultimately have been put in a very, very compromised position had MI5 not raised the alarm, ultimately.”
| Period | 15 Dec 2024 |
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| Held at | The Guardian, United Kingdom |