Prince Andrew is under pressure in his battle to keep the Royal Lodge after King Charles fired his ten-man private security team based at the Windsor property.
The King has requested that the Duke of York move out of the royal residence and into a smaller property with Frogmore Cottage seen as the most likely option.
However, Andrew is refusing to budge and is under no obligation to vacate the Royal Lodge with over five decades remaining on the lease he signed in 2003.
King Charles has been funding private security guards that cost £3million a year since Andrew lost his armed police protection.
Prince Andrew is under pressure in his battle to keep the Royal Lodge after King Charles fired his ten-man private security team based at the Windsor property.GettyThe monarch has now told the security team based at Royal Lodge that they will no longer be needed from the autumn, according to an insider.
The source told The Sun on Sunday: “Everyone is speculating this means the Duke will have to leave the Royal Lodge because what other reason could there be to take his security away?
"They are all working the final weeks of their contract till the end of October. It’s not thought anyone is being lined up to replace them.
"It isn’t a secret that the King wants him out."
Andrew is refusing to budge and is under no obligation to vacate the Royal Lodge with over five decades remaining on the lease he signed in 2003.
GettyPrince Andrew signed a 75-year lease agreement with the Crown Estate for the Royal Lodge in 2003.
Andrew is refusing to leave Royal Lodge and plans to pass his lease over to his daughters after his death.
However, the Duke of York originally wanted to pass the lease to his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, who currently lives at the royal residence with him, but he is unable to do so due to a clause in the agreement with the Crown Estate.
The clause states the lease can only be passed to his children or his widow.
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Andrew is refusing to leave Royal Lodge and plans to pass his lease over to his daughters after his death.
GettyIf Prince Andrew remarried Sarah Ferguson he would be able to bequeath his Royal Lodge lease to her after his death.
The lease has 54 years remaining on it and Andrew plans to honour the terms of the agreement.
Currently, the Duke of York plans to bequeath the lease to Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie so that they can use the property after his death for the remaining years of the agreement.
