Prince Andrew on ‘strict New Year diet’ — with staff saying it’s put him in ‘terrible mood’
PRINCE Andrew is believed to be on a strict New Year diet — but some staff say it can put him in a “foul mood”.
It follows the unsealing of court papers in the US which allege that he took part in an underage orgy and appeared in sex tapes — which he denies.
The Duke of York, 63, was this week holed up in his 31-room mansion Royal Lodge as he continued his weight loss programme.
A source said: “Andrew has been in a terrible mood and more grumpy than usual.
“But it has nothing to do with the unsealed court files.
"It’s because he is on a special diet. He hates it and it makes him irritable.”
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Andrew’s health kick comes after The Sun revealed last year that his brother King Charles was refusing to pay his £32,000-a-year bill for an Indian healer.
The male yogi is said to treat him using chanting, massages and holistic therapy, and stays for around a month in his mansion.
Andrew was seen yesterday driving his Land Rover Defender to Windsor Castle.
At around 1pm, he returned to Royal Lodge where he has reportedly decided to “lock himself away in a room” to avoid the fallout of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
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Charles has tried to distance himself from his younger brother after the court papers in New York sparked more calls for the duke to be stripped of his title and booted out of Royal Lodge.
The King is said to want his brother out of the home — where he has lived for 20 years — but Andrew is said to have a 75-year lease that does not expire until 2078.
Included in the documents were claims that Andrew took part in an underage orgy on Epstein’s private resort Little Saint James, which is dubbed “paedophile island”.
The papers also alleged that sex tapes involving Andrew were made by dead billionaire Epstein.
They also contained claims he had “knowledge of jailed Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking conduct”.
More than 1,000 documents were revealed as part of a lawsuit brought against Maxwell by sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre.
The royal said he “regrets” his friendship with Epstein.
He paid millions of pounds to Giuffre in an out-of-court settlement in 2022 without admitting liability.
