The battle for Royal Lodge is starting to feature "dirty tactics" by King Charles III in his effort to kick his disgraced younger brother Prince Andrew out of the opulent mansion. Despite his best efforts, the Duke is struggling to keep the lavish estate, but may just have a "secret weapon" in his battle with the reigning monarch.
This year, Jeffrey Epstein's former pal has increased his efforts to remove his brother from the residence he shares with ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson. Insiders are calling the dispute the "siege of Royal Lodge." Majesty Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Ingrid Seward, believes that Prince Andrew's daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, might be instrumental in aiding their father.
"The princesses are Andrew's hidden advantage," she told an outlet. "They are well-liked within the royal family, and Charles has a special affection for them."
"They are his passport now he has lost everything," she continued when pointing out the princesses are sympathetic to their father's plight. "It is his home and it has been their home for many years too. Their childhood was all over the place and Royal Lodge was the one stability they had."
This comes after Ferguson all but confirmed the long-running Charles and Andrew rift with Good Morning Britain host Martin Lewis when he kept asking the ex-royal about the quarrel. "I tend not to get involved in brothers' discussions, and I think that's the safest place to be," Ferguson pointedly told the broadcaster when asked about the squabble. "Let the brothers discuss it between themselves."
Around that time, a bombshell report in The Times blew the lid off the property argument, exposing just how ruthless the King was in his battle to throw the "piling on the pounds" prince out of the opulent estate. But a source stepped forward to explain how the monarch is willing to be fair with his out-of-work younger brother.
"The King’s kindness is not without limit, and there is a very good option for Andrew to move into Frogmore Cottage… which also has the benefit of being within the Windsor Castle security cordon hence reducing the need for alternative round-the-clock security for Royal Lodge," they told an outlet.
Yet another recent report reflected how the Duke of York has "ballooned" in weight as he spends his days "watching TV in a darkened room" and "comfort eating" to cope with the stress.
"He often diets, a bit like Fergie, who has been a regular dieter," royal author Andrew Lownie shared during his writing of a new book on the prince. "He can go up and down between 13 and 15 stone."
The Sun reported on Seward's remarks.