Prince Andrew's refusal to vacate Royal Lodge amidst King Charles's requests has made headlines in 2024. The Duke of York, supported by an undisclosed financial backer, seems to be winning the battle for the residence.
The struggle for Royal Lodge dominated the news in 2024 as King Charles urged Prince Andrew to leave the grace-and-favour residence. However, the Duke of York, living there with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson , has shown tenacity and seems to have won this round thanks to an anonymous financial backer covering the costs.
Fergie's fondness for Royal Lodge is well documented, dating back to years ago when she abruptly left a celebratory lunch at a luxurious New York hotel, intended to honour her new business venture promoting Wedgwood china and Waterford crystal, after a pointed question. Former Fleet Street Royal reporter Richard Mineards, a regular on US television discussions about the Royals and currently employed by the Montecito Journal, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's local paper, recalled the incident in his recent column, according to the Scottish Daily Express. He recounted: 'While other reporters were bombarding her with trivial questions, I asked Fergie, given her new contract, if she would finally be moving out of Royal Lodge, the Queen Mother's former home near Windsor Castle, having previously stated she couldn't afford to maintain any of the homes offered to her by her mother-in-law Queen Elizabeth.' 'She was clearly displeased by my inquiry and walked out of the room.' Mineards also noted that Lord Piers Wedgwood deemed the question perfectly reasonable considering her lucrative agreement, rumoured to be around £500,000 per annum, signed in 1999. Later that same day, Mineards was assigned to cover a charity event at the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue. It was there that the duchess was 'graciously mingling with everyone in the room – that is until she saw me and quickly moved to the other side of the room'.
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