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Charles cut Andrew off because ‘he’s just like Harry & Meghan Markle – he does NOTHING to help royals’, expert says

Charles had been reluctantly funding security and a hefty living allowance for Andrew since sex scandal

KING Charles has cut Prince Andrew off because he's just like Harry and Meghan Markle - he does nothing to help the royals, claims an expert.

His Majesty, 75, has officially instructed his Keeper of the Privy Purse to stop the yearly £1million flow of cash that goes into Andrew's bank account.

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King Charles during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in June this yearCredit: PA
King Charles, Camilla, Prince Harry and Meghan at the Queen's funeralCredit: AP
Prince Andrew at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 2022Credit: Reuters
The Queen and Andrew at Trooping the Colour in 2018Credit: Getty

A source claimed: "The duke is no longer a financial burden on the King."

Royal author Hugo Vickers has since said the King had no choice but to cut his disgraced brother off because he brings nothing to the Firm - just like the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

He said: "Andrew has been pushed out of everything else and doesn't undertake any royal duties.

"He doesn't do anything with regiments or charities or take part in public life in any way at all.

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"I don't think the King is being vindictive though.

"What he might well be doing is to try and divide what might be seen as money being spent on things, like security, [with] the money that comes to the Royal Family from various sources for the public duties that they do. 

"And since Andrew doesn't do any public duties, a bit like Prince Harry, he's not really entitled to anything from that source."

Andrew hasn't received an income since becoming embroiled in sex allegations after his long-standing friendship with late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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Brother Charles had been reluctantly funding security and a hefty living allowance for him since then.

Pressures have also been mounting to kick Andrew out of Royal Lodge and into a smaller residence.

Hugo added: "Thinking about it from Andrew's point of view, he's probably thinking: 'What else are they going to do to me? Chuck me out of the house that I'm happy to live in?'

"I've always thought it would be much more sensible if he lived more modestly.

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"I hoped that perhaps if the Queen had lived, she might have discussed with him the possibility of either him or her buying him a house, so that he doesn't get involved and depend on other people.

"The only reason I can really think this has happened is that perhaps Prince Andrew has in fact been left enough money by his mother to be independent."

Andrew now spends his days playing golf at Swinley Forest Golf Club at Winkfield Row near Ascot or riding horses in a remote part of Windsor Great Park.

He also picks remote and inaccessible places to walk his dogs with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.

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In August this year The Sun revealed that the Monarch had laid off Andrew's ten-strong private security detail.

A palace insider told The Sun: "Everyone is speculating this means the Duke will have to leave the Royal Lodge."

The source added: "What other reason could there be to take his security away?

"They are all working the final weeks of their contract till the end of October.

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