King Charles and Queen Camilla are at Balmoral for their summer holiday, with Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York among their first guests. But there is, I hear, trouble in 'paradise'.
After she and Prince Albert bought Balmoral for £32,000 in 1852, Queen Victoria described the Aberdeenshire estate as her ‘dear paradise in the Highlands’. The Scottish retreat was so close to the late Queen Elizabeth’s heart that she chose to spend her final days there.
Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson currently live at the 31-bedroom Royal Lodge, in the grounds of Windsor Great Park That was after Andrew ‘stepped back’ from royal duties following his disastrous interview with the BBC’s Newsnight programme over his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
They don’t believe the King can be motivated by saving money. After all, not only did he receive £86.3million via the Sovereign Grant to fund the working royals last year, but he was also handed more than £27million from the Monarch’s Duchy of Lancaster estate, to spend as he sees fit. And that’s before he dips into his private fortune.
The Crown Estate, meanwhile, has taken the view that it would be appropriate for the property to remain under the occupancy of the Royal Family. As I reported in June, that position hasn’t changed.
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