LONDON: According to reports, Prince Andrew has hired an Indian guru and King Charles has refused to pay for his services.
According to the British newspaper "The Sun," Andrew expected the Indian healer's annual bill of £32,000 (Rs 32 lakh) to be approved when he presented it to the public purse. King Charles, on the other hand, told him that he would have to pay for it himself. The privy satchel is the English ruler's confidential pay. It is derived from the Duchy of Lancaster private estate's net revenues, which totaled £24 million (Rs. 240 crore) annually in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2022.
In the privacy of his £30 million (Rs 300 crore) 30-room mansion, the male yogi is said to have treated 63-year-old Andrew with chanting, massages, and holistic therapy for several years. The healer is thought to spend up to a month at Andrew's Windsor grace and favor residence, Royal Lodge. The late Queen used to sign the invoices without asking any questions. According to sources, according to the Sun: While the Queen was always happy to spoil her son over the years, Charles is much less likely to pay for such luxuries now that the cost of living is so high. Families are battling and would properly recoil from the possibility of several thousands paid to an Indian master to give all encompassing treatment to a non-working imperial."
Charles is also said to be planning to reduce Andrew's annual income of £249,000 (Rs. 249 lakh), which comes from the Duchy of Lancaster. This would be an additional blow. Andrew has been offered Frogmore Cottage instead of being evicted from Royal Lodge, where Harry and Meghan are currently living.
One of the cottages that Queen Victoria gave to Abdul Karim, her personal Indian secretary, who was sent from Agra to England in 1887 to be her servant is Frogmore Cottage.
Andrew's friendship with US financier Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, and Virginia Giuffre's sex assault allegations, which Epstein denies, led to his removal from royal duties last year.
