King Charles III has kicked his brother Prince Andrew out of Buckingham Palace, according to an inside source quoted by British media.
The disgraced prince, 62, who split from the royal family nearly three years ago over his ties to sex-trafficking duo Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, will no longer be entitled to a seat at the castle, which serves as royal residence, according to sources said “Sleep”.
Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly allowed her son Andrew to continue using the palace and maintain a small staff after he stepped down from public duties in 2020.
But under the reign of his brother Andrew, he will not be allowed to use Buckingham Palace even as a mailing address.
“All attendance at the palace has officially ended,” a source told the publication. “The king said clearly. He’s not a working royal servant. He’s alone.”
The expulsion is the latest in a series of punishments since Andrew tried to deny knowing Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was forced to have sex with him at the behest of Epstein and Maxwell.
Though he hasn’t admitted to the charges, he paid Giuffre a $12 million settlement in February after she sued him for sexual assault.
He was stripped of his military and royal titles and was not permitted to wear his military uniform at his mother’s funeral. Shortly after his death, King Charles III told his brother that he would never return to royal life. Last month, the king announced he had removed Andrew from round-the-clock security.
On Wednesday, King Charles appointed Queen Consort Camilla Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, a post Andrew once held and loved.
Despite his exile at the palace, Andrew is expected to spend Christmas dinner with King Charles and the rest of the royal family. The dispirited prince is also likely to keep the government-funded royal lodge at Windsor Castle, for now.
