King Charles strikes unexpected new deal with Prince Andrew amid housing dispute

Prince Andrew, Duke of York and King Charles have come to a property agreement after months of turmoil. Photo / Getty Images

King Charles and Prince Andrew have come to an expensive agreement after months of a bitter housing dispute.

The Mirror has reported the disgraced Duke of York has been given a “stay of execution” amid his potential eviction from the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor.

The UK news outlet reported the Prince has agreed with the King to pay for repairs of around £2 million ($4.1m).

The Duke of York is said to have already spent £200,000 on roof repairs as an “interim payment” and must be able to fund the rest of the works to stay there.

Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson will be allowed to stay in the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor. Photo / AP

A friend of the scandal-hit royal told the Mirror Andrew and his brother have had a “cooling of relations” of late.

Andrew, 63, has been living at the grand house near Windsor Castle, outside London, since 2003, with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, also 63, after the Duke signed a 74-year lease on the 30-room property. However, as part of King Charles’ apparent cost-cutting measures the pair were set to be moved into Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s old home of Frogmore Cottage.

Insiders told Page Six that the move was put on the “back burner” while Sarah recovered from her eight-hour mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

A friend of the duchess - who has daughters Princess Beatrice, 35, and Princess Eugenie, 33, with Andrew said at the time: “She is resting at home. It was major surgery. She’s had lots of support, both her daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, are being very supportive, as is Andrew.”

Eugenie is currently living in Frogmore with her husband, Jack Brooksbank, 37, their son August, 2, and their newborn son Ernest.

Andrew was disgraced and without any official duties or income after paying a multimillion-dollar settlement to Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre, 39.

It had been reported that he does not appear to have enough income to cover the combined rent and upkeep of the home, which is owned by the Crown Estate.

But a royal source told Page Six: “Charles is not chucking Andrew out, but Andrew will have to find the money to look after the property himself – and where is that coming from?”