Royal residence drama: Duke of York finds way to keep his Windsor mansion

Prince Andrew got green-light to stay at his grand Windsor home after showing heʼs got enough cash (which got checked by Sir Michael Stevens the money-keeper). The 64-year-old Duke faced push-back from his brother the King who wanted him to down-size to Frogmore Cottage

The money-story got more complex when the Kings cut-off his brothers yearly cash-flow (about £1 million) and made him pay for his own security team. Palace staff thought this would make him move but they were wrong: the Duke found some mystery-cash from somewhere to keep his spot

The 75-year lease on this fancy-house runs till 2078‚ but its not all easy-living. The Duke needs to:

• Re-paint every 5 yrs
• Keep everything fixed-up
• Rebuild stuff when needed
• Make sure its all clean and proper

Back in fall-2019 Prince Andrew stepped away from royal work after that bad TV chat about his old pal Jeffrey Epstein. Later he paid big money to settle that court-case with Virginia Giuffre but didnt say he did anything wrong; now hes trying to keep this house so his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie can have it someday