Andrew, Sarah & a Royal Lodge question

[MoondustandFairies]

Following some of the news stories about Andrew relinquishing Titles & a more local news story saying that he & his ex wife will continue to live in the Royal Lodge makes me wonder how that can be funded. Can they be made to leave if they can't pay?

It has 7 - or 12? - bedrooms so I expect it requires a bit of mopping & dusting each week - so do A & S also employ staff to maintain the property.

Not sure how old they both are either, maybe close to retirement?? but how do they fund a lifestyle without being propped up by the RF. Which prob won't please William too.
Just my tuppence worth question wondering how non working ex Royals with no marketable skills will pay staff wages & buy groceries.

I imagine it is. We would incur those costs whether the King or a President was our Head of State, though. It goes with the position.

(And if you have a regularly changing Head of State, like Prime Ministers, they will also be protected after they leave office, so the overall bill might well go up).

Does Liz Truss get security as an ex-PM? And her money making attempts in the USA?

Apparently she and Boris get an allowance for their private offices as ex-PM

Yes, or so it is generally understood.

She also gets a £115,000 per annum tax free allowance to deal with her personal administration, plus a pension of £150,000 a year. All because she was PM for six weeks.

Thank you for that link. I'm shocked at the bloody cheek of them, wanting a handout from a fund that is for low income households.

I agree.

I find it amusing that Charles is being written off as a bit of a no hoper and William is the next big hope. Yet his history is of someone that has hardly been enthusiastic about work. (Charles actually does have a reputation for being diligent about his duties).

Especially when even the late Queen tried to dip into a fund intended for the vulnerable in order to pay for palace heating

@Puzzledandpissedoff 👍 thank you.

I’d forgotten about that.

I imagine it is. We would incur those costs whether the King or a President was our Head of State, though. It goes with the position

Not necessarily. One Head of State versus a Monarch and the wider family attending events plus security at the scores of property they either own or are crown estate properties. Every time one of them goes somewhere in the country poor cash strapped councils have to manage security and shell out

Yes. I think Charles does have some sort of work ethic. A work ethic for a Royal, not like you or I would know it
But I think that's lacking in William

If I was William with that level of independent wealth I wouldn't work at all, sod that. I would enjoy my life and family. I would make sure my kids never had to work and if the country wanted me to do state visits I would charge them 250k plus expenses a day or they can find someone else to do it.

It's difficult to tell, because some work isn't publicly visible (red boxes), some is deliberately under the radar, and some is official and published.

He might do next to.nothing apart from the official bits, or he may do a lot.

Woohoo - it's happening! 👏

Palace statement on the BBC:

Buckingham Palace statement in fullpublished at 19:05
19:05Breaking
We can now bring you the full statement from Buckingham Palace:
His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.
His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.
Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.

Hurrah!

Thanks, Puzzled

Imagine implementing the precedent of a 'formal process' might give certain others pause for thought tonight too...

The “alternative private accommodation” is apparently another property on the Sandringham estate, according to the Guardian.

It's quite a strong statement.

That said his deliberate association with JE after his conviction is disgusting enough to warrant it.

The rentals will take a nosedive!

Well, not as if they need the money!

I guess the difference is that Sandringham is not owned by the Crown Estates but is the private property of Charles.

Balmoral and Sandringham are both private property - George VI was forced to buy them from Edward VIII during the Edward and Wallace abdication crisis as he inherited them independently of being King and he wanted the money.

Disgusting!

He won’t be happy about being shipped off to Sandringham. Apparently his favourite past time is ridiculing in Windsor Great Park and that’s now at an end. I bet William and Kate didn’t want him on their door step.

That was the cash settlement.

The Queen either bought her a house or gave her the cash to buy one.

There were other things agreed like Andrew paying school fees.

They’re not without money, and can certainly afford housekeeping staff !

Pubic purse? Why should taxpayers contribute to that? Bit below the belt,if you ask me!

I’m listening to Entitled on my walks. I walk to relax but goodness me this pair are making my blood boil. I’ve just got to the Epstein chapter.

Infuriating isn't it Posh ?