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Prince William is willing to take extreme action to ensure Prince Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge.
Emily Maitlis, the BBC journalist who sat down with Andrew, 65, in 2019 for his infamous “car crash” Newsnight interview, recently claimed that William, 43, threatened to strip Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s royal titles if their father didn’t agree to leave his $38 million royal home.
“There was a question over whether there had been, earlier in the day, a meeting between Prince William and the princesses, Beatrice and Eugenie, saying you guys have to get your dad to move out of Royal Lodge otherwise we will start re-examining the state of your own titles,” Maitlis said on Monday’s episode of “The News Agent” podcast.
“They are at the moment allowed to be princesses, but there was a bit of pressure, we understand, being put on the princesses to say this is going to happen,” Maitlis continued.
The TV host noted that Andrew — who gave up his royal title, the Duke of York, following the controversy surrounding his friendship with late convicted millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — “would want to keep his daughters happy and keep their titles in place come what may.”
Maitlis also alleged that King Charles planned to meet with Andrew at Royal Lodge last week to “read the riot act” to his disgraced brother.
“Nobody was going to film the conversation or see him stepping out the car but there was going to be the moment caught on camera of King Charles’s car heading to Royal Lodge,” Maitlis explained.
“What happened, I understand, was that the Palace then got very nervous and when they saw the choppers and helicopters, they thought this has all got too big, this has got out of control, they cancelled the whole thing,” she alleged. “The King just went straight home and never came by.”
The Post has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.
Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have been living together at the 31-bedroom Royal Lodge since 2008. He’s had a tenancy agreement to live there through 2078.
But after relinquishing his royal title earlier this month, Andrew has reportedly agreed to move out of Royal Lodge.
However, he’s allegedly demanding that he be allowed to move to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s former home, Frogmore Cottage, and that Ferguson, 66, be allowed to move to Adelaide Cottage, which William and Kate Middleton are about to move out of with their three children.
“Andy is willing to leave, but these are his demands,” the former couple’s friend told The Sun.
Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, are working members of the Firm at the moment, but experts have claimed that might change once William ascends to the British throne.
“They’re valuable assets and I’m certain they’ll get involved with royal duties when William becomes king,” Ingrid Seward, royal author and editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said in June.
Palace sources told The Post at the time that the sisters are “well aware” of the plans William has in store for them.
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