Kate Middleton and Prince William may very well be introduced with a recent dilemma for his or her household as Andrew refuses to vacate the Royal Lodge

Prince Andrew’s royal life and repute has been left in bits with the prince relinquishing his titles and honours earlier this month. Nonetheless, the messy aftermath surrounding the disgraced prince’s Jeffrey Epstein scandal remains to be rumbling on for the palace.

As strain builds for the former Duke of York to lastly pack his baggage and vacate the Royal Lodge, an insider has seemingly revealed what Kate Middleton thinks concerning the state of affairs. The 65-year-old not too long ago introduced he can be standing down from the late slither of his royal standing simply days earlier than Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir was printed.

In it, she claimed that Andrew sexually assaulted her thrice when she was an adolescent which he has vehemently denied. Nonetheless, the prince’s well-known friendship with convicted intercourse offender Epstein has considerably tarnished the general public notion of King Charles’ youthful brother.

A lot so that he’s now going through intense strain to depart his Royal Lodge residence, the place has lived along with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson since 2003, the Mirror reviews.

The monarch has additionally reportedly been pushing this transfer for fairly a while however with an “iron-clad” lease in place with the Crown Property for the 30-room property, the one means Andrew will depart is voluntarily.

It has been alleged that Andrew and Fergie are solely agreeing to depart the Windsor mansion if they’re granted two alternative houses in return.

Nonetheless, in the event that they refuse to maneuver, the previous couple might be set to achieve two new neighbours in only a matter of days.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are shifting into their “eternally residence” of Forest Lodge with their three youngsters, George, Charlotte and Louis, as quickly as potential, however are reportedly to not be eager to have Andrew as one among their closest neighbours.

The Prince of Wales is claimed to have been a driving power over the previous few years with regards to encouraging the monarchy to take a agency stance over his disgraced uncle.

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One of many different properties mentioned to be an choice for Andrew and Fergie’s proposed transfer is Adelaide Cottage, which is the place the Wales’ household at present reside.

The opposite abode in consideration is the previous UK residence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Sussexes’ have been swiftly evicted from Frogmore Cottage following the publication of the duke tell-all memoir in 2023.

A brand new report from the Mail on Sunday has claimed that Kate is keen to have the Andrew difficulty resolved earlier than the household transfer into Forest Lodge, and that one specific side of the continued furore makes her “shudder”.

The supply mentioned: “Catherine shudders on the considered residing so near Royal Lodge whereas Prince Andrew remains to be in it. William needs him gone earlier than they begin to transfer in subsequent week.

“It is not about what Andrew would not need to do anymore. It is about what he’ll be instructed to do.”

Kate and William reportedly initially had their eye on Royal Lodge for themselves when contemplating Windsor as their long-term residence.

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The Princess of Wales virtually had an ungainly run in with Andrew simply weeks in the past when she took her three kids to go to the set of the brand new Harry Potter TV collection whereas it was being filmed in Windsor Nice Park.

The previous Duke of York additionally took his grandchildren to the set, narrowly lacking Kate and the Wales kids.

One supply mentioned: “It was all a bit unusual that he [Andrew] turned up, nevertheless it was pretty to see the youngsters having a good time. They have been busy trying on the Hogwarts Specific and it genuinely appeared like a magical time for them.”