00:00Ex-Prince Andrew allowed Royal Lodge to deteriorate after neglecting Windsor home
00:05for 20 years.
00:07Ex-Prince Andrew reportedly neglected Royal Lodge since
00:102004, and was evicted last year by King Charles III amid ties to the late
00:15offender Jeffrey Epstein.
00:17Andrew has allegedly neglected the Lodge for 22 years.
00:20Allowing it to go unchecked for over two decades, a radar on the
00:25online source claimed.
00:26The understanding was always that Andrew's occupancy of the Lodge would be
00:30an actively managed arrangement," the insider added.
00:33Not a case of leaving a valuable
00:35historic property to look after itself," they went on.
00:38Regular inspections are a basic
00:40safeguard for buildings of this age and significance.
00:43So the fact that none took place for over
00:4520 years is highly unusual, and it also allegedly raises serious
00:50questions about how oversight was allowed to lapse," the insider claimed,
00:55said.
00:56The deteriorated condition of the 30-room mansion inevitably prompts
00:58concern about whether deeper or deeper
01:00less visible areas of the property have been neglected as well.
01:05in 2004 after signing a 75-year lease following the Queen Mother's death in
01:102.
01:11The lease noted that Andrew was required to repair, renew, uphold,
01:15clean, and keep in repair and, where necessary, rebuild the house.
01:20The disgraced prince will be moving to the royal family's Sandringham estate in North
01:252.
01:26New York City will be sick sometime next month.
01:27News of Andrew not taking care of Royal Lodge
01:29comes as the U.
01:30New York government has not checked the house in over 20 years.
01:34Royal Lodge was not in
01:35expected once by Crown estate officials in the 22 years Andrew lived there rent-free, a source
01:40told the Daily Mail, also noting that the absence of a house run-through has caused
01:45controversy.
01:45to grow over the dilapidated condition of his former home.
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