Prince Andrew may or may not have done his brother King Charles a favor as uncertainty continues to grow around the ongoing row over the Royal Lodge.
Despite publicly cutting off Andrew’s funds, shocking claims have emerged against the king that he may be secretly paying his disgraced brother’s expensive bills.
Insiders said of the Daily Mail According to Charlotte Griffiths, the King’s plan to expel Andrew from the Royal Lodge may have been an “elaborate double bluff” but not for the sake of their ‘fraternal relationship’.
It is understood that King Charles and Andrew never got along when they were growing up, but Andrew was apparently Queen Elizabeth’s ‘favourite son’ of late.
The report claimed that according to “dinner party speculation” and “gossip”, Charles “personally cleared his errant brother’s bills for his maintenance and promised to pay for his Royal Lodge troubles”. will be taken care of, enabling him to stay there for the foreseeable future.”
However, the claims were bogged down Daily Beast, Quoting palace insiders, there is no truth in this story. The source also noted that Buckingham Palace does not normally comment officially on Andrew-related bits.
Although there was no official explanation, it seems that Andrew’s status in the royal family will be determined at the upcoming annual royal ceremony.
Griffiths said that if his sources are correct, the dynamic between King Charles and his brother will be determined during the traditional walk on the Norfolk estate on Christmas Day in Sandringham.
“If Andrew is present at the king’s feast, we can assume that blood—blue blood, of course—is proving thicker than water.”