When the echoes of the surprising announcement by Prince Andrew that he renounced all his titles and royal honors to prevent the allegations arising in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous book from distracting the work of the British royal family are still resonating, it is now his housing problems that are dominating the headlines again. While King Charles III appears determined to evict him and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, from their Royal Lodge mansion, enticing siren songs from Abu Dhabi tempt him to put land behind him and exile himself to an exotic palace with all expenses paid.
A possibility presents itself to the most controversial son of Elizabeth II, just as the Daily Mail reports that Prince Andrew would have asked for two royal properties from his brother as a condition to leave his current residence, which he has occupied since 2008. The aim of this untenable proposal would be for Fergie to want to live alone, amid the scandal over their respective ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The British press points to Andrew having requested the former Windsor home of Harry and Meghan, Frogmore Cottage, while Sarah Ferguson has set her sights on the nearby Adelaide Cottage, once the Prince and Princess of Wales have left next month. The former Dukes of York divorced in May 1996 after a turbulent marriage that lasted ten years, but they have remained close friends and housemates in the thirty-room property. A mansion for which its tenants would not have paid rent for almost two decades, according to developments in recent days.
Andrew, in the footsteps of Juan Carlos I
If his risky gambit does not persuade the monarch, Prince Andrew would have on the table a generous housing offer from the Abu Dhabi royal family, which would facilitate him to follow a path in exile similar to the one undertaken by King Juan Carlos I, even becoming neighbors. For now, the disgraced royal remains reluctant to renounce his Royal Lodge residence, while continuing to fight to receive financial compensation for the funds spent on his mansion.
While he remains under the spotlight for his connections with Epstein, his controversial business activities, his alleged links to a Chinese spy, and the sexual abuse allegations by Virginia Giuffre, the Middle East opens up for him as an ideal escape route to find shelter and solace in a luxurious palace in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Sarah Ferguson ha sido la máxima defensora de Andrés de Inglaterra.
According to The Sun, this residence in sunny Abu Dhabi is a gift to Andrew and Sarah Ferguson from the ruling royal family of the UAE, the Al Nahyan family. The emir Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan himself would have made the generous offer in person as a gesture of ‘gratitude’ for the prince’s ‘kindness’ toward them during his tenure as the United Kingdom’s international trade envoy in the country.
