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British Prince Andrew and UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed. Andrew may go into a gilded life in exile. As the former Duke of York is massacred daily by an unstoppable flux of scandals, he is facing the prospect of being evicted from the 30-room Royal Lodge that has been his residence for more than 20 years. Prince Andrew always maintained that he held a ‘cast iron’ lease of the mansion, until it became public that he only paid ‘one peppercorn a year’ in rent. The agreement stated that the Crown would have to pay Andrew around £558,000 ($742,000) if he gave...

King Charles has fired the security team stationed at Prince Andrew’s mansion. According to the Sun, Charles informed the ten-man detail that their contracts at the 31-room Royal Lodge residence would not be renewed in October. “They are all working the final weeks of their contract till the end of October. It’s not thought anyone is being lined up to replace them,” a palace insider told the outlet. “Everyone is speculating this means the Duke will have to leave the Royal Lodge because what other reason could there be to take his security away?” Andrews, 64, has lived at the...