There’s no doubt that Andrew has been rude and insensitive over the years, and there are a lot of people now getting their revenge,” said a palace insider.

Parliament's spending watchdog has asked the Crown Estate to explain the rationale behind Prince Andrew's "peppercorn" rent at Royal Lodge. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has written to the Treasury and the Crown Estate after raising concerns over the value for money of the prince's living arrangements.

Prince Andrew hosted Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at the Royal Lodge in 2006, the BBC reports. The visit was a part of his daughter Beatrice’s masked ball party for her 18th birthday, just two months after a US arrest warrant was issued for Epstein following the assault of a minor.