It’s no bedsit, the Royal Lodge where Prince Andrew lives free of charge. Thirty bedrooms in fact. And that comes after a 12-year stint in Sunningdale, given to Andrew by the late Queen Elizabeth as a wedding present. Having offered to renounce his Duke of York title earlier this month, now attention has turned to his living arrangements. The Times alleges he hasn’t paid rent for 35 years; the cabinet are all privately arguing for his eviction; Keir Starmer has been pulled into the mire. Wherever Andrew goes, mess follows.
The prince has always had a reputation for unpleasantness. A recent book by Andrew Lownie, Entitled, traces the evolution of the man, from a petulant and demanding scoundrel into a kind of adult moral-abyss, fully realised by the time th
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