Royal employees ordered to maintain calling Andrew ‘Sir’ as he’s left with simply two servants
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was released after approximately 11 hours of police questioning
Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday(Image: AP)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been left with just two royal servants – and they have been ordered to keep calling him “Sir”, its claimed. The disgraced former Prince was arrested on his 66th birthday last Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
It comes after the release of the Epstein files continued to display how close Andrew appeared to be to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The King released a statement declaring the “law must take its course” in the wake of his brother’s bombshell arrest.
After decades of having multiple servants at his disposal, ordinary Andy has reportedly been told he will have just a chef and valet in the King’s Sandringham estate. The two servants are reportedly yet to be hired.
Staff are understood to have asked how they should address Andrew. A source told the Sun: “He’s lost his HRH, prince and duke titles and so staff, who didn’t know how to correctly address him, have been instructed that he is still to be called ‘Sir’.
“He will be given his own chef and valet at Marsh Farm which is a climbdown to the luxury he was previously afforded.”
It comes as former civil servants have alleged Andrew utilised public funds for massages and extravagant travel expenses whilst serving as the UK’s trade envoy.
The BBC revealed that one ex-civil servant declined to authorise payment for Andrew’s alleged massage costs, but was overruled by senior officials, telling the broadcaster: “I thought it was wrong… I’d said we mustn’t pay it, but we ended up paying it anyway.”
A former Whitehall official, who supervised budgets, separately informed the BBC they had “absolutely no doubt” regarding the legitimacy of the allegation after witnessing comparable expenses for his international journeys.
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Their statements emerge as police searches of Andrew’s previous residence, Royal Lodge in Windsor, Berkshire, were anticipated to extend into Monday following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday.
The former prince remained in custody for 11 hours on his 66th birthday whilst officers examined his property on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk before being released pending investigation.
Andrew stands accused of disclosing confidential information to paedophile financier Epstein during his tenure as UK’s special representative for international trade and investment.
In a recorded interview under oath in 2009, Epstein’s former Florida housekeeper Juan Alessi alleged Andrew would receive “daily massages” during his visits. Speaking about the alleged misuse of taxpayers’ money for massages during his tenure as the UK’s trade envoy, a whistleblower who spoke to the BBC stated: “I can’t say it would have stopped him, but we should have flagged that something was wrong.”
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