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Prince Andrew is “embarrassed” about his dire present state of affairs and is staying off the radar to keep away from additional humiliation, in line with a royal knowledgeable.
In a determined bid to pinch a couple of pennies, the disgraced Duke of York has saved himself busy by making an attempt to keep up the 21 acres of backyard on his royal family-owned property.
Andrew, who was poised to go away the Royal Lodge after his brother King Charles reduce him off financially, has taken on yard work after now not having the ability to afford assist.
In line with royal commentator Hilary Fordwich, the previous working royal is licking his wounds from the fallout of his many latest controversies.
“Prince Andrew has voiced, to friends, he’s embarrassed [by] his situation,” Fordwich claimed to Fox Information.
“The declining disrepair and decay of his residence has become a spectacle, a visual reflection of the broader fallout from his despicable involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and further fall from royal favor.”
Fordwich added that the monarch, 76, is hell-bent on preserving his disgraced youthful brother at arm’s size and on the sidelines.
“The definite is that for Andrew, there is no return to being a major royal figure, nor even being part of the family ever,” she informed the outlet. “He is, deservedly so, a much-diminished man.”
Elsewhere, royal commentator Ian Pelham Turner has likened the royal household to a horse race.
“William and Kate [are] in sight of the winning post with Charles and Camilla hot on their heels,” he informed the outlet. “Andrew is far behind choking in the dust.”
It comes simply days after it was reported that Andrew’s house is falling aside.
“It is in a shocking state,” Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, the Historic Royal Palaces gardener, informed the Every day Mail of the mansion’s worse-for-wear grounds.
“I won’t be knocking that into shape. It is impossible. I’ve been at Kensington Palace for 30 years and I think Royal Lodge would be quite impossible.”
Regardless of the disgraced royal’s greatest efforts at creating a inexperienced thumb, the 30-room mansion is reportedly surrounded by shrubbery and woodland.
It mimics the state of affairs contained in the residence, as cabinets are being emptied by the king who lately kickstarted the method of eradicating treasured artifacts as a consequence of upkeep and safety issues.