Prince Andrew WILL be exposed – it’s time he disappeared as Epstein case is ‘absolute disaster’ for royals, expert says
PRINCE Andrew will be exposed and it's time he disappeared as his Epstein case has been an "absolute disaster", a royal expert has claimed.
The disgraced Duke of York, 64, is under new pressure to quit his Royal Lodge home after the King laid off its ten-strong security team last week.
Charles, 75, has told the detail they are no longer needed from the autumn.
Andrew currently resides at the Windsor Great Park lodging in Berkshire, which boasts 30 rooms, a swimming pool and large grounds.
But he has been refusing to vacate the Royal Lodge despite reports suggesting that King Charles wants him to move to Frogmore Cottage.
Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, writer and broadcaster Robert Jobson claimed that long-standing controversy surrounding the Duke has been an "absolute disaster" for the royal family.
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During an exclusive conversation with our Royal Editor, Matt Wilkinson, Jobson said it's time Andrew disappeared.
Speaking on the situation, Jobson said: "He doesn't want to really leave but there is going to be a point where he's exposed.
"Eventually it seems like it's best for him to disappear.
"Let's not get away from the fact that the Epstein story is an absolute disaster for the royal family.
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"It's just one of the worst things that could happen, that's why he's not a working royal."
Jobson then suggested that King Charles is likely to just want Andrew out of the picture, wherever that may be.
And the expert claimed that Andrew will probably have to accept that he will "have to leave Royal Lodge" in the future.
He added: "It needs a lot of static security, it's not really a lodge, it's a palace, and it's too big for him to live in.
"The reality is that he can't really afford it.
"And long term what's the point what is he trying to achieve? Charles is now the King, William is the next in line.
"Andrew isn't even a working royal anymore, he can't go around saying he's the Queen's son, he's just not that important anymore.
"I think if the King is generous to offer him another place to live he should take it."
Palace sources have always insisted Andrew “remains the King’s brother” and is welcome at family events but will never return to public duty.
Andrew has previously been caught lobbying behind the scenes for the Home Office to reinstate his taxpayer-funded security perk.
Inside Prince Andrew's 'crumbling' Royal Lodge
THE disgraced Duke of York resides at the £30million Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire - at least for now.
King Charles has redoubled his efforts to evict the Duke - with insiders branding the stand-off the "siege of Royal Lodge".
Despite his divorce from Sarah Ferguson in 1996, Prince Andrew lives with his ex-wife at the countryside estate.
Prince Andrew's royal residence, with its eye-catching white exterior, boasts 30 rooms with plenty of space for entertaining, plus seven bedrooms spread across the two topmost floors.
The Duke of York is said to spend all day "watching TV in a dark room" like a prisoner at his "crumbling" home.
Royal Lodge is said to "need extensive repairs", thought to be about £400,000 a year.
The monarch is said to be becoming increasingly frustrated at Andrew’s refusal to care for the colossal mansion.
Andrew is said to have promised King Charles he would take care of its expensive repairs - despite having no apparent source of income.
He lost his round-the-clock Met Police security after he was summoned to Windsor Castle in January 2022 and stripped of his royal roles by the late Queen.
It came after he vowed to fight accusations of sexual assault by former Epstein slave Virginia Giuffre.
The Duke ended up paying millions of pounds to Ms Giuffre and the case never went to court.
He denies any wrongdoing.
The fate of the Royal Lodge remains unclear.
During the exclusive chat with Matt Wilkinson, Jobson went on to discuss what Harry and Meghan have been doing and how it might play out in the future.
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The royal expert said that the couple have had their setbacks with the loss of their CEO and inability to retain staff.
And he claims that the Sussexes should "build from the bottom" instead of focusing on "grand moments".
'There is no way back for Prince Andrew', claims PR guru
PRINCE Andrew’s reputation is damaged beyond repair and he will never be able to engineer a return to public life, according to one of Britain’s top PR gurus.
Brand and culture expert Nick Ede, who runs East of Eden PR agency, called the shamed royal “deluded” for thinking he could ever return to royal duties and urged him to give up and ‘enjoy his life’ in exile.
It follows the release of Scoop - a Netflix movie based on the 2019 interview he gave to Newsnight.
Nick said: “There is no way back for him.
“I think you know this perpetual idea that he could still be back. Nobody cares. He hasn't got fans.
“There's nobody out there who's going ‘We want to see Prince Andrew’, not one single person. I think he has to realise that. But I think it's going to take a long, long time for him to actually understand. It's very deluded.
"In my opinion, the best thing that he could do is just enjoy his life. He's got gorgeous daughters. He has a great relationship with Fergie, he has a lovely house.
“Just live a quiet life.”
Reflecting on the interview five years ago - the fallout of which saw Andrew step back from royal duties "for the foreseeable future" - Nick compared the fallout to Frost vs Nixon and said he would have urged him not to do it.
He said: “If I had been advising him, I would say, go quiet, be quiet, just go to ground. You know you're a prince. Enjoy the life that you lead, but do not open this can of worms, because that's what it is.
“There was no admission that a relationship with somebody like Epstein was terribly toxic. There was no idea that there were loads of victims of trafficking whose lives were completely ruined by Epstein. He didn't seem to think that the association he had with that man was anything but positive.
“I think his worst gaffe was obviously being in that interview and agreeing to it in the first place, for not realising that he's actually going to be interviewed by a very, very good journalist who is going to ask him questions which he might not like.
“But I think what this has done is really shown how archaic Prince Andrew is in his opinions and thoughts.
"Read the room. He's never read a room at all.”
