Charles shuts down free rides for the royal family

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King Charles III is reportedly done with non-working members of the royal family being bankrolled by The Firm.

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According to Robert Jobson‘s book The Windsor Legacy, King Charles III wants his relatives to stop relying on The Firm to fund their lavish lifestyles and rather “stand on their own two feet” financially.

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The biggest issue for King Charles III is that non-working members of the family have been using royal residences as “subsidized accommodation” for themselves. According to Robert Jobson, His Majesty thinks the Palace is “being run like a hotel and not a very good one.” A source alleged to the royal expert, “Over time, that is all going to change. Properties will be let at commercial rates going forward and to people outside the family. Where it is in a palace environment, they will, of course, be security vetted.” Sniped a second source, “The King isn’t running a housing association for distant relatives.”

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While it’s not clear which lower-ranking members of the family will be cut off from the free ride, Princess Beatrice reportedly has a state-funded apartment in St. James’s Palace in London. However, she spends most of her time with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and their children at their farmhouse in the Cotswolds.

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Princess Eugenie spends much of her time in Portugal with her husband, Jack Brooksbank. However, they do reside at Ivy Cottage — a “grace-and-favor” house within the grounds of Kensington Palace — when they are in the U.K.

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After Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his royal titles over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the former Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, were evicted from Royal Lodge, where they’ve lived for decades.