PNN – “Charles III”, the king of England, following the pressure of public opinion about the moral scandal of his brother “Andrew”, cut his expenses from the royal treasury.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, British media reported on Saturday, citing royal sources that the king has ordered Prince Andrew’s £1 million allowance to be stopped, his last financial link to the royal family.
After his interview with BBC News in 2018, Andrew faced a lot of criticism. In this interview, he denied the accusation of having sex with a teenage girl and said; He is not sorry for being friends with Jeffrey Epstein, the American tycoon accused of child abuse.
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At the same time, girls who were sexually abused by him came forward with confessions, which made Andrew’s case more serious. Virginia Joffrey, who introduced herself as Jeffrey Epstein’s sex slave, admitted in an interview that she was sexually abused by Andrew when she was underage.
These revelations caused Andrew to step down from royal duties on November 29, 2018. She wrote in a statement: It has become clear to me that my former friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has interfered with the work of my family and the many organizations and charities that I am proud to support. So I asked the Queen (who was then alive) to agree to my resignation from public duties and she agreed.
But the issue did not end with the aforementioned resignation and the military titles of this English prince were taken from him and he was also denied invitation to the official ceremonies of the royal family. His only connection with the monarchy was his £1 million expenditure and his 30-bedroom villa, which has now been cut off by the king’s order and he is forced to move to a smaller place.
Charles III is also said to have stopped paying the heavy security fee for his brother. A source close to the British monarchy told the British media: Andrew is no longer a financial cost to the king.
This is while, according to statistics, at least one third of the British people consider the monarchy to be an extra element, costly and obsolete. The Guardian newspaper recently wrote in a report that the British royal system is more vulnerable and fragile than ever and it is possible that it will fall due to republican movements.