Andrew defies King 'I AM NOT MOVING OUT!'

Charles may be in charge, but his younger brother is refusing to follow his orders

- Judy Kean

Now that his coronation is done and dusted, the King is getting on with some pressing problems that need to be sorted. Top of his list is dealing with his brother Prince Andrew, who is refusing to move out of his home, Royal Lodge. Andrew has leased the 30-room mansion on the Windsor Estate for nearly 20 years and expected to be there for the rest of his life.

But Charles made it clear after the death of their mother, Queen Elizabeth, last year that he wants Andrew out – apparently so that his heir Prince William and his family can live there – and he has cut an annual grant of almost $500,000 his younger sibling receives, meaning Andrew won’t be able to afford to run the house.

But Andrew, 63, has dug in his heels and is determined to stay put.

“He is refusing to budge,” says a friend. “This has been his family home for the past 20 years. Is it really sensible to kick him out?

“He’s concerned that now the coronation is over, the knives are out. He’s worried that the royals might even turn off the utilities to get him out of there. We’re dealing with human beings, not real estate.”

The pal adds that Andrew – who was stripped of his royal duties in 2019 and forced to step back as a frontline royal because of his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and claims he sexually assaulted an underage girl – is in very low spirits and other than attending the coronation, has become very reclusive. “He is so fragile. He is refusing to see anybody.”