Prince Andrew latest: MPs expected to hold embarrassing historic debate on Andrew’s titles and Royal Lodge

Prince Andrew’s fall from grace could barely have been more dramatic, writes Tessa Dunlop. It also raises wider questions about his family’s private wealth and power they must answer to keep the public on side.

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There have been renewed calls for Prince Andrew to give up his grade II-listed 30-bedroom mansion, Royal Lodge, following another week of scandal for the beleaguered royal.

On Friday (17 October), it was announced that he will no longer be known as the Duke of York, while his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson – who still lives with Andrew at Royal Lodge – lost her duchess title.

According to the tenancy agreement released by the crown estate, which was sent to The Independent, Andrew paid £1m for the lease, along with at least £7.5m for refurbishments in 2005. He has paid only “one peppercorn (if demanded)” in rent per year since 2003, when he moved in.

We take a closer look at the huge property that the duke has called home for so many years.

Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer Sigrid McCawley felt that the Metropolitan Police should have been investigating Andrew over Giuffre’s claims that she was trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein and made to have sex with him in London, New York and the Caribbean, allegations that Andrew has always denied.

“The Met could have done more than they did,” Ms McCawley, 53, told The Sunday Times. “I particularly believe in the light of the email that came out [last weekend] that there should be a thorough investigation. I felt like the Met failed her a number of times.”

Prince Andrew is reportedly in discussions about leaving Royal Lodge voluntarily following the furore over the “peppercorn” rent for his 30-room mansion.

Obstacles to reaching a settlement are reportedly where Andrew, eighth in line to the throne, will live and what financial recompense he will receive for the funds he spent renovating the home.

There are likely properties on the King’s private Balmoral estate in Scotland and his Sandringham estate in Norfolk that could house Andrew but whether he will accept a smaller home far from his supportive daughters remains to be seen.