Public calls for solutions about Prince Andrew’s unexplained wealth sources

Prince Andrew’s mysterious funds, which permit him to reside a lavish way of life, proceed to boost eyebrows.

The ex-Duke of York stepped again as a senior royal in 2019 following his notorious interview with BBC’s “Newsnight,” wherein he tried to elucidate his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. On Oct. 17, the 65-year-old introduced he was relinquishing his Duke of York title and different honors after renewed scrutiny over his reference to the late intercourse offender.

But questions stay about how Andrew, as soon as acknowledged as Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite son, nonetheless fills his pockets.

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“Apparently, many businesses connected to Andrew and [his ex-wife] Sarah have been profiled and promoted at Royal Lodge over the years,” royal knowledgeable Ian Pelham Turner advised Fox News Digital. “… But where does his money come from? That is the million-dollar question.”

“There are very wealthy individuals who support Andrew, especially where millions, to them, are like pocket change,” Turner claimed. “At the moment, Andrew still has the keys to his Royal Lodge mansion. He is able, within his extensive grounds, to carry out any project he wishes.”

King Charles’ youthful brother has handled “wealthy, mainly foreign, people,” permitting him to maintain his monetary affairs from the general public for years, The Guardian reported.

“The public is furious that Prince Andrew is still living in luxury,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard advised Fox News Digital. “They want answers about his finances. People feel the king’s intervention is too little, too late. The public wants an understanding of where Andrew is getting suitable money to live his lavish life. They hope he will, again, fall on his sword and relinquish everything.”

Royal knowledgeable Richard Fitzwilliams advised Fox News Digital that Andrew’s solely declared supply of revenue is the pension he receives from his days within the Royal Navy between 1979 and 2001. The quantity is reported to be £20,000, or about $26,640 a yr.

The Guardian famous that the sum is “hardly enough” for him to purchase the Swiss lodge he acquired in 2014 for a reported £18 million ($23.99 million), nor to take care of his present house, Royal Lodge — a 30-room mansion price about $38 million.

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“The king used to give him an allowance of a reported £1 million a year ($1.33 million) and pay for his security, but this ended last year,” Fitzwilliams mentioned. “Sarah Ferguson sold her house in Belgravia for a reported £3.85 million ($5.13 million) in August. She is not in debt. He may also have money from sources abroad we are unaware of.”

“He appears to have accepted the need to move from Royal Lodge, and that will involve a financial settlement,” Fitzwilliams mentioned.

“He has a watertight lease, but the optics of him living there are no longer acceptable.”

Royal specialists agree that a lot of Andrew’s monetary preparations stay unclear as a result of particulars aren’t publicly disclosed. It is believed his property belongings, enterprise dealings and personal funding play a major function in sustaining his royal way of life. Urramoor Limited, a monetary agency that managed Andrew’s non-public investments, was shut down in January 2025, the New York Post reported.

Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace for remark. A spokesperson for the palace beforehand advised Fox News Digital they don’t reply for Andrew as he’s not a working royal.

According to The Guardian, public information present Andrew acquired official funds from the general public purse as a working royal between 1978 and 2010. The final revealed determine of how a lot he acquired was £249,000 ($331,000) a yr in 2010. The outlet reported that after that, the late queen made direct funds to him from her non-public wealth whereas he carried out royal engagements.

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The paper estimated that over 4 a long time, Andrew acquired practically £13 million ($17.3 million) to fund his royal work. After 2019, it appeared the queen and later King Charles offered him with an annual allowance from the Windsors’ non-public wealth, which reportedly stopped final yr.

In April 2025, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission launched a witness assertion from Dominic Hampshire, a senior aide to Andrew who helped prepare conferences between the prince and Chinese businessman Tengbo Yang, a suspected spy, The Associated Press reported.

“After the ‘Newsnight’ interview and in the following few months, it was clear that the duke’s reputation was irrecoverable,” Hampshire mentioned in a 10-page assertion dated May 25, 2024. “It was very clear internally within the royal household that we would have to look at options for the duke’s future away from royal duties.”

The British authorities barred Yang from coming into the nation in 2023 as a risk to nationwide safety. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission upheld that call in December 2024.

Andrew has mentioned he accepted authorities recommendation and ceased all contact with the Chinese nationwide as quickly as considerations had been raised.

The prince has been the topic of tabloid tales stretching again to not less than 2007, when he offered his Sunninghill Park house for 20% over the £15 million asking worth. The purchaser was reported to be Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of then–Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, elevating considerations the deal was an try to purchase affect in Britain.

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The Guardian additionally reported that in 2001, Andrew was appointed as the federal government’s commerce consultant, a task that required him to journey overseas and assist safe enterprise for British firms. The outlet mentioned it has lengthy been alleged that Andrew exploited the function to achieve private entry to rich people.

“Unfortunately, it was at this time that greed took precedence,” Chard claimed. “It opened up many dodgy doors for him. He was the subject of a series of controversies over his links with unsavory businessmen.”

In 2011, Andrew confronted questions on his friendship with Saif Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan politician Muammar Gaddafi, in addition to his ties to a convicted Libyan gun smuggler, in line with The Associated Press.

In emails obtained by British newspapers in 2025, Andrew reportedly wrote to Epstein in 2011 that they had been “in this together” and would “have to rise above it.” The correspondence reportedly passed off greater than two months after Andrew claimed he had lower off all contact with Epstein.

Last yr, the Mail on Sunday’s editor-at-large, Charlotte Griffiths, claimed that Charles was the key supply who paid Andrew’s hire, permitting him to remain at Royal Lodge. Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty journal and writer of “My Mother and I,” agreed with Griffiths’ scoop. Buckingham Palace didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark on the time.

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“… The [late] queen wouldn’t have left Andrew bereft,” Seward defined to Fox News Digital on the time.

“She would’ve made a provision for him, and maybe that provision came through his elder brother as monarch,” she shared. “When the king dies or the queen dies, the money goes to the next monarch. Everything goes to the next monarch. So, she either would have made provisions for Andrew before she died, or she would’ve made provisions through Charles.”

Chard advised Fox News Digital that it’s possible Andrew was left cash by each his mom and grandmother. Queen Elizabeth II, England’s longest-reigning monarch, died in 2022. She was 96.

“He will also have made investments in his younger days and later life,” she mentioned.

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Officially stripping Andrew of his royal titles would require an act of parliament. While Andrew will not be known as the Duke of York, he’ll stay a prince as he’s the son of the late queen. Buckingham Palace and the British authorities are underneath intense stress to formally strip Andrew of his royal titles.