Queen and Charles to Lend Andrew Millions For Settlement, Which Can Be Paid Back From the Queen’s Will
The royals spent several months in the run-up to Prince Andrew settling with Virginia Giuffre insisting that Andrew would have to clear up his own mess and pay his own settlement.
So why is it so strangely unsurprising to read allegations in the Sun that Prince Andrew’s settlement is going to be funded with the help of a chunky loan from Charles and the queen after all?
Andrew-loans and regular loans are not, of course, always exactly the same thing. A few months ago, it was revealed that Andrew, having borrowed $2 million from a private bank operated by a friend—the Conservative party donor David Rowland—he paid the money back with a personal gift from…David Rowland.