A royal expert has claimed that King Charles, not Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, personally paid the Crown Estate for the £1.8m dilapidation repair costs to Royal Lodge
Taking to X, formerly Twitter handle, royal expert Roya Nikkhah has claimed, “Palace sources confirm the King, not Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, personally paid the Crown Estate for the £1.8m dilapidation repair costs to Royal Lodge, Andrew’s former Windsor home where he has surrendered the lease.
“Funds are a loan, but unclear how Andrew will repay it.”
Earlier, the Britain’s Crown Estate, which manages King Charles public property, said on Friday that Mountbatten-Windsor had surrendered the lease on Royal Lodge more than 50 years early, entitling him to £302,000 in compensation.
Under the terms of the lease, Mountbatten-Windsor also paid £1.8 million to fund repairs needed on the property, but the compensation reduced that bill to £1.5 million, the Crown Estate said in a statement.
Andrew had already spent £7.5 million on refurbishing the 30-room property when he first moved in over 20 years ago.
“The lease for Royal Lodge has ended and our focus now is firmly on its future use and the opportunities to generate additional financial value for the nation from its early return,” a spokesperson for The Crown Estate said.
The fresh claims came after former Duke of York Andrew officially surrendered Royal Lodge to the Crown Estate more than 50 years early on his lease.
