"Scoop," released on Netflix, details Prince Andrew's 2019 "Newsnight" interview with Emily Maitlis at the BBC.

According to the magazine, Andrew is being evicted from his $37 million mansion by his brother, King Charles, for failing to pay the $500,000 annual maintenance fee. Andrew is fighting to stay at the historic Royal Lodge, which was built in the 19th century and sits on 90 acres. The Royal Lodge is owned by Charles and, strangely enough, shared with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson (they have shared it for 20 years). It costs $503,000 a year to maintain the mansion, but neglect has reportedly caused the mansion to fall into disrepair; Us Weekly reports that "moisture problems and dilapidation have reportedly caused the building to fall into disrepair. The bricks are cracking badly, the plaster is falling, and the paint is peeling."

Prince Charles is said to have previously requested that Andew and Fergie vacate the property and move somewhere smaller, and Frogmore Cottage, the former residence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, was said to be an option. However, Andrew reportedly thought that moving to that house would be too much of a downgrade," Us Weekly wrote. (Incidentally, Andrew's youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie, and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, lived in the house at one point.)

Andrew's association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew's own alleged sexual assault by Virginia Giuffre, a 17-year-old with whom Andrew claims to have had sex, led to the suspension of Andrew's annual allowance, estimated at $314,000, and his active royal was forced to retreat from his position as a member of the royal family. (Andrew repeatedly and vehemently denied these allegations, and he and Guiffre settled out of court in 2022.) Before losing his annual allowance, "Andrew spent millions of dollars on renovations, and if (he) is forced to move, the Crown Estate may owe him money," Us Weekly reported. Andrew took over the Royal Lodge from the Crown Estate in 2004 on a long-term lease, and Charles is reportedly reluctant to simply kick his brother out.

"The Duke is clearly not going to go without a fight," a source told Metro Online. 'This will probably all end in tears. It is rumored that the Prince and Princess, who currently live with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, in the four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage, also in Windsor, may move into the Royal Lodge, and that "for best returns, the Crown Estate is looking at the Royal Lodge for a commercial lease," writes Us Weekly. [Ingrid Sward, royal biographer and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, told OK magazine that "the state of the residence will be of great concern to the King after everything that has happened and been discussed about the house. Prince Andreu was told that if he did not take charge of the necessary renovations, there would be no reason for him to remain in the house."

Seward further stated that "there is no doubt that the King is concerned about the real state of the mansion after the Duke assured him that everything is in hand," and that Prince Charles "does not wish to finance the rest of his life."

According to The Sun, Andrew signed a 75-year lease in 2004, paying only £250 a week to live there. (The Sun reports that the house is "crumbling" and "in need of major repairs," but Andrew refuses to leave, and last summer he and Charles signed a contract allowing Andrew to stay. Andrew is not going anywhere," the Daily Mail reported in January. Andrew is not going anywhere," the Daily Mail reported in January. "

Outside of the Royal Lodge drama, Andrew was seen with the rest of the Royal Family at Christmas at Sandringham last December and at the traditional Easter church service at St. George's Chapel in March. (Fergie was also present on both occasions, despite not having attended either gathering since the 1990s.) Nevertheless, "the King and Prince William made it clear to Prince Andreu that no matter how he felt his brief time out of the spotlight might have led to his return to public life, there was no possibility of him ever again engaging in royal duties," according to royal editor Russell Myers.