Prince Andrew will reportedly remain in the Royal Lodge... At least for now.

According to a report in the Sunday Times published on Friday, November 8, the embattled Duke of York has secured enough funds to remain in the royal residence, despite the fact that his brother, King Charles, has cut off his financial support.

“It is understood that Prince Andrew's funds have been approved by Sir Michael Stevens, the custodian of his private purse, as coming from legitimate sources,” the outlet reported.

Prince William has lived in the 30-room property with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, since 2003.

Earlier this year, the embattled royal family received written notice that if Prince Charles “refuses to move out of the Windsor estate and into more modest accommodations, purportedly Frogmore Cottage, the former residence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle,” they would “cut him off financially.” received.

King Charles also reportedly stopped paying for Prince Andreu's 24/7 security, which was costing him more than £3 million a year, according to The Times.

According to the Times, Prince Andreu no longer “receives any public funds,” adding that “questions have long been raised about the source of the duke's wealth, as he has no clear income other than his Royal Navy pension.”

Prince Andrew reportedly refuses to leave the Royal Lodge because doing so would amount to “publicly admitting guilt” about the well-documented allegations against him.

Prince Andreu's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (who died in Manhattan jail in August 2019) was discovered and later accused of sexually assaulting underage Virginia Giuffre when he was 17, after his late mother Queen Elizabeth He was stripped of his royal title by the

Epstein settled with Giffrey out of court in 2022 and has consistently denied all accusations against him.

“I think his feeling is that to leave the Royal Lodge is to publicly accept unproven guilt,” royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun, referring to the sexual assault case between Prince Andreu and Gifley.

“If you were running a charity, you wouldn't ask Prince Andrew to be the guest of honor. So no one would seek him out in public,” the author continued, adding that Prince Andrew wanted to continue ”living at the Royal Lodge, playing golf, seeing his children and grandchildren, riding horses in the park, which costs money.”

Other royal experts argue that the embattled royal would benefit from leaving the Royal Lodge. [The 65-year-old duke will never regain his reputation. He is an old, dirty, damaged article, and no amount of charity or churchgoing with the more virtuous members of the family will change that,” Angela Mollard of the Daily Mail wrote in September.

“But Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are young women whose lives are adjacent to the royal family. For their sake and in honor of their diligence and thoughtfulness, their father needs to do the right thing and hurry to Frogmore Cottage.”