Royal information stay: Prince Andrew ‘shoving two fingers up at King Charles’ over £30m Royal Lodge standoff | EUROtoday

Prince William is at the moment assembly the President of South Africa on his second day of his go to to the nation.

The prince was pictured shaking fingers with Cyril Ramaphosa at his Official Residence in Cape Town on Tuesday.

William’s viewers with Mr Ramaphosa has been described as a “follow-up” to the state go to made to the UK by the president in 2022.

The Prince of Wales may have a high-level assembly with South Africa’s president and Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he continues his go to to the Commonwealth nation.

William’s viewers with Cyril Ramaphosa has been described as a “follow-up” to the state go to made to the UK by Mr Ramaphosa in 2022.

The prince and the president will sit down for talks and be joined by Mr Lammy, who’s within the nation for a gathering together with his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola.

Antony Phillipson, Britain’s excessive commissioner to South Africa, stated in regards to the royal go to: “I would just highlight that we are actually delighted to have the Prince of Wales here this week for Earthshot week, and we will be taking the opportunity of doing some bilateral events with him, and for him.”

He added: “We very much see this as a follow-up to the state visit… which we continue to see here as a very historic moment between the UK and South Africa.”

Tensions are persevering with to construct between Prince Andrew and King Charles over the disgraced duke’s residence at his 31-bedroom Windsor mansion.

Royal commentators have steered Andrew is standing agency on his plans to stay within the £3mn Royal Lodge, regardless of his brother making it more and more tough for him to stay there and surprising pictures displaying the home in a state of disrepair.

Royal writer Christopher Wilson believes the duke is “digging his toes in” and “shoving up two fingers at” Charles as he continues to stay on the former dwelling of the late Queen Mother and King George VI.

“It’s dishonouring [the Queen Mother’s] memory. It’s shoving up two fingers at King Charles,” he informed The Sun. “The state of his mind is reflected in the state of his home. It is falling all around him. He doesn’t care anymore.”

In her new documentary, Camilla is seen visiting a refuge and talking candidly with home abuse survivors about their deeply private experiences.

Earlier this 12 months, Camilla backed The Independent’s Brick by Brick marketing campaign to construct two new refuges for girls fleeing abuse. Thanks to beneficiant donations from readers the preliminary £300,000 goal has just lately been reached, with greater than £500,000 of donations pouring in to this point and plans are already underway for the constructing of a second dwelling.

Speaking in regards to the significance of refuges within the documentary Camilla says: “You flee and you arrive at this haven. Room of their own, a door they can lock. And as time goes by, they start having their confidence restored and start their life anew.

“These refuges are literally life savers. Without these refuges, where would they go?”

The monarch and Prince William have sparked uproar after it was revealed they’re benefiting from rental offers with public companies – together with the armed forces and state colleges – on their personal estates, the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall.

The two estates earned the royals upwards of £50mn within the final monetary 12 months, with each estates being exempt from paying company tax or capital good points tax.

Charles has been requested to rethink an £11.4m deal struck by the Duchy of Lancaster final 12 months to retailer a fleet of electrical ambulances, owned by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust in London, in one of many property’s warehouses for 15 years.

King Charles has instructed the royal purse-keeper to “sever” Prince Andrew’s annual £1 million allowance, in line with royal author Robert Hardman in a brand new ebook serialised by the Daily Mail.

The keeper of the privy purse was “instructed to sever [Andrew’s] living allowance” after the Duke of York refused to maneuver out of his 30-room mansion the Royal Lodge into the smaller, close by Frogmore Cottage.

“’The duke is no longer a financial burden on the King,’ confirms one familiar with the situation,” Mr Hardman writes.

“’He claims to have found other sources of income related to his contacts in international trade, sufficient to cover all his costs – which would be a welcome outcome for all parties if that turns out to be the case.

“’But as to whether this funding can be relied upon in the long term is another matter.’”

The view of the monarchy within the UK stays overwhelmingly constructive, writes Alan Rusbridger. But the general public deserve full transparency on the household’s staggering wealth:

However in each circumstances the colonial-era titles might be retained for individuals who wished them.

The former President’s son just lately mentioned how a lot his father and present presidential candidate Donald Trump “loved” the late Queen Elizabeth II and the way a lot injury Harry induced to the royal household after he and Meghan determined to go away their positions in 2020.

Eric additionally informed the outlet that Harry wouldn’t want to fret about being deported if his father is elected on November 5 even when his visa utility has been questioned.