King Charles III paid for repairs to the mansion that his brother, former Prince André, occupied until recently on the grounds of Windsor Castle, worth £1.5 million (€1.7 million), reported the British press.
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09/10/2026
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O King Charles III paid for repairs to the mansion that his brother, former Prince André, occupied until recently on the grounds of Windsor Castle, worth £1.5 million (€1.7 million), reported the British press.
The monarch liquidated with private resources the debt that the brother had, for damage caused to the estate, to Crown Estate, an entity that manages the Crown's assets for the public benefit and leased it to Royal Lodge in Windsor (west London).
The total figure calculated by the deterioration of the residence amounted to GBP 1,8 million (about EUR 2.12 million), but the GBP 302 thousand (EUR 356.360) which the former prince was entitled to receive as compensation for the early termination of his lease was discounted.
At the end of last year, Charles III asked his brother to move from the Royal Lodge to a private residence of the royal family in Sandringham, East England, and also withdrew his nobility titles — including that of prince — after revealing the extent of his relationship with American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, 66, was arrested on 19 February — his birthday — and kept in police custody for several hours, a fact unprecedented in the modern history of the British royal family.
The search was conducted at the residence of King Charles III's brother in Sandringham and at his former residence in Windsor, about thirty kilometres west of London.
The arrest followed further revelations about his links to the American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, killed in prison in 2019.
To date, he has not been formally accused and has always denied any irregularity related to the Epstein case.
It is the subject of a police investigation for “bad conduct in the exercise of public office”, on suspicion of passing confidential economic documents to Epstein when acting as a UK representative for trade between 2001 and 2011.
In May, police reported that they were also examining an accusation of sexual assault against André, stripped of his royal titles last year by King Charles III, following, among other factors, the publication of facts that incriminating him in the posthumous memoirs of U.S. Virginia Giuffre, Epstein's principal accuser, who committed suicide in April 2025.
The British prince was charged with sexual assault by Giuffre when he was 17.
The Superior Court of London declared this week illegal searches carried out in February at André's house during his arrest in the Epstein case, but ensured the legality of the investigation.
King Charles III's brother contested in court the legality of searches in his current residence and in his former dwelling, following his historic arrest in February.
“ The fact that the search warrants were cancelled does not close the investigation, nor does it mean that the entire investigation was illegal,” said Judge Nicholas Hilliard.
In a statement, the Thames Valley police said they were looking for legal means to keep the articles seized during diligence and stressed that the investigation continues.
According to Judge Hilliard, the prince deprived of his titles opposes the police's request to maintain the evidence and a closed hearing will be held, "not before 2027", further prolonging this embarrassing case.