Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
Pressure is growing To publish the full terms of Prince Andrew’s “cast iron” tenancy agreement on the Crown Estate, a former minister said public It has to be explained how he can be evicted.
the focus is looked back Andrew’s 30-bedroom Royal Lodge on a 75-year lease windsor after another scam weekWhich has seen the royal announcement that he will no longer be known as the Duke of York.
it was followed Allegations and counter-allegations continue On her relationship with a convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epsteinwhile extract virginia giuffreHis posthumous memoirs contain more information about allegations that they had sexual relations on three occasions.
Prince Andrew, who has always vehemently denied the allegations involving Ms Guiffre, lives at Royal Lodge, the one who sits It occupies a 98-acre estate in Windsor Great Park and is leased from the Crown Estate.
Whereas on Monday there were demands There was also growing pressure among some MPs in Parliament for him to step down, demanding that his titles be removed, and for more disclosure to be made on tenancy agreements on the estate.
Norman BakerA royal author and former Liberal Democrat minister said details of the contracts should be made public, to see if there is any possibility they could be thrown out.
he told many timesHe said: “The public at large are very clear that Andrew is a disgrace to this country and the Royal Family. If Andrew is unwilling to move from the Royal Lodge to accommodation befitting his lesser status, then it is clear that the terms of the lease need to be brought forward into the public domain.
“All leases have some form of break clause, so the public should know how he has been able to live there, and on what terms he may be forced to leave.”
Speaking to the same outlet, royal author Andrew Looney said: “I think it’s important for the sake of transparency that the full details of that arrangement be made public and why the property – indeed public property – was offered only to her.”
Some details of the agreement are known through the national Audi office report in 2005, which stated that the lease had been decided upon because it was “justifiable given the extreme need to maintain close management control over the Royal Lodge”.
The report said Andrew approached the Crown Estate for the property following the death of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth.
As part of the deal, Andrew paid an initial £1m and was to carry out renovation work at an estimated cost of £7.5m. They were then asked to pay an estimated rental amount of £260,000.
Over the weekend, former royal correspondent Jenny Bond told the BBC that Prince Andrew had a “cast iron” deal to stay at the Royal Lodge.
She said: “Should he be evicted from Royal Lodge where he lives, this big house in Windsor, he has a nice cast-iron tenancy agreement and it is difficult, the King is trying to kick him out.
“Andrew, we all like to believe, has a tendency to be too honorable. I think the honorable thing might be that I would not only give up my titles… but I would also give up this big house. But I don’t see that happening.”
The Crown Estate has been contacted Independent For comment.