When is a gift not a gift when it’s a grace and favour gift.
Let’s be honest Harry and it’s me again Meghan have no grace and have done the royal family no favours.
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Andrew doesn’t work work does he , so where does he get his money from to upkeep.Royal lodge. Does King Charles give him pocket money , if so is it from the the privy purse I.e tax payers money
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Andrew doesn’t work , apparently no maintenance has been carried out on Royal Lodge it’s fallen into disrepair .
I understand that’s why he maybe offered Frogmore cottage.
Imo it’s a disgrace
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He did receive an allowance from the Queen - alleged to be around £250,000 a year, from the Queen’s privy purse, which is from income derived from the Duchy of Lancaster for the Queen’s personal use.
(that’s not taxpayer’s money - it does not come from the Crown Estates via the public purse, as the Sovereign Grant does)
According to reports, Charles has advised Andrew that he won’t be continuing to pay the allowance his Mum used to give him , which is why he probably won’t be able to afford to maintain Royal Lodge and may have to move out.
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So Andrew will lose his income from Charles. I guess he inherited from the Queen when she died personal money . That won’t last forever with his life style.
I didn’t know the tenant had to keep property in good repair normally the landlord will do that .
Anyway he doesn’t need such a big house with servants and cleaners so that will save him some money .
I wonder if he is just heating one room like me to keep the bills down!
Yes, I imagine the Queen left him well provided for - but he’s always preferred to spend someone else’s money, rather than his own!
When he was doing Royal Duties and acting as an Ambassador for Britain, he was such a scrounger for freebies from any rich businessmen who’d indulge him, it was embarrassing.
Even before his association with Epstein became public knowledge, he and his ex-wife have both done more than their share of dodgy dealing and scrounging off rich folk.
He’s got away with sponging off other people for too long, so it’s time he was made to fund his own living expenses.
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Well, in a way it’s practical, I suppose. Harry and Meghan not coming back to live any time soon, Andrew living somewhere too big for one person that he can’t afford
It depends a bit on what they’ve got planned for Andrews place?
And it does feel a bit like chucking them out in that Meghan and Harry won’t have anywhere to call home here any more
Like turning your kid’s bedroom into your craft room the second they leave home!
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Andrew is probably on Disability Benefits as he has a sweat problem,so he can`t work. 
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I wonder if he has paid inheritance tax on Mummy’s millions ?
It is only the King who is exempt from inheritance tax, any other member of the royal family who is bequeathed a gift from the Queen’s private assets over the threshold will have to pay the 40% tax. That being said, there are no laws in place to stop the Queen from leaving everything to King Charles who could then distribute assets tax-free.
That would means if the Queen left everything to Charles the royals could avoid paying the tax and the public would never know due to the sealed will. Distributing her wealth in this way is technically legal and could save the family up to an estimated £148million in inheritance tax.
The rule was the same when Prince Philip died, although it is not uncommon for someone to leave everything to their surviving spouse. It is not known if he left everything to the Queen, therefore avoiding tax, as his will is sealed for 90 years pending a private process.
In 2002, the Queen Mother left all her assets to the Queen which was evident in her unsealed will. This allowed the family to avoid an estimated £20million tax bill and caused controversy at the time.
Aren’t all Wills supposed to be public when they reach probate stage?
Shouldn’t the public have a right to know if this is happening? Isn’t it akin to same kind of tax avoidance that comedians like Jimmy Carr was caught doing?
Why is it one rule for them and a different rule for anyone else. It’s wrong.
The Queen’s will is to remain hidden from the public for at least 90 years in line with a century-old tradition.
The document will be sealed and locked in a safe in an undisclosed location in London along with those of other deceased royals.
The practice dates back to 1910 after the death of Prince Francis of Teck, the younger brother of Queen Mary and grandmother of the late Queen.
His will was the first of more than 30 kept under lock and key in the safe, which is under the care of a judge.
Convention rules that the executor of their will applies to the head of the London High Court’s Family Division for it to be sealed.
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Wills should be private, there is enough stress dealing with an Enlarged Probate.
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It’s wrong in every possible way morally ,ethically and legally it’s absolutely outrageous that is why they are so obscenely rich.
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I second that Muddy
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Harry will not be homeless if he visits the UK:
The King will reportedly offer the Duke and Duchess of Sussex an old suite of rooms that previously belonged to the Duke of York in Buckingham Palace as their UK residence, after asking them to vacate Frogmore Cottage.
Second-hand rooms - how demeaning for Meghan … 
Oh woe poor things downgraded to a flat in Buckingham Palace!
That’s all they need, they do not come here very often. A stay in a Travelodge might be a cheaper option for them. PS should they not be called the ‘ex Duke and Duchess of Sussex’ now they have moved away from the Royal Family.