King Charles III He has reportedly cut financial ties with his brother. Prince Andrew.

In his updated biography, titled Charles III: new king. New Court. The inside storyreal writer Robert Hardman claimed that Charles, 75, had ordered the Guardian of the Private Fund, or the monarchy’s chief financial officer, to revoke his brother’s annual personal allowance, which was reportedly around $1 million, according to the daily mail.

According to the daily mailclaimed one source: “The duke is no longer a financial burden on the king.”

Us weekly Buckingham Palace has been contacted for comment.

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Furthermore, Hardman’s book states that the Palace no longer funds Andrew’s private security teamwhich is said to be in the seven figure range. In August, it was reported that the King had fired Andrew’s 10-person private security team. Charles had reportedly been funding his brother’s security team since 2022 after he was stripped of his royal titles and, in turn, the publicly funded protection provided to members of the royal family.

At the time, there was speculation that Charles might also ask the Duke of York and his ex-wife. Sara Ferguson to vacate his residence at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, a 31-room mansion where the private security team also resided. The King is said to have previously demanded Andrew and Ferguson leave the 90-acre estate and move to a smaller location such as Frogmore Cottage, the former home of prince harry and duchess meghan.

Andrew has been disgraced. member of the royal family since 2019, when his connections to the deceased billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein they became public. Andrew stepped away from royal duties later that year after he was accused of sexual misconduct. Virginia Giuffrewho allegedly knew him in relation to Epstein. Giuffre eventually sued Andrew for the alleged assault, which resolved out of court for an undisclosed sum.

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This is the latest development in the King’s waning relationship with his brother, as Andrew has been struggling to maintain his residence in the Royal Lodgealthough he had reportedly failed to pay the $503,000 annual cost of maintaining the $37 million mansion.

Andrew was stripped of his royal titles in January 2022 by his mother, the deceased Queen Elizabeth II. “With the Queen’s approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen,” Buckingham Palace announced in a statement at the time. “The Duke of York will continue to hold no public office and is defending this case as a private citizen.”

Charles has never spoken publicly about the allegations against his younger brother.