King Charles is refusing to pay Prince Andrew's £32,000-a-year bill for a healing guru, according to reports.
Andrew has reportedly submitted the claim to the Privy Purse as a royal expense having seeking the help of a yoga teacher. However, sources say that the King has told his brother the bill will need to be covered by his own money.
It comes after sources reported that Andrew, 63, had been using the Indian yogi for a number of years, helping him with chanting, massages and holistic therapy in the privacy of his mansion.
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The healing guru has reportedly also enjoyed the perk of month-long stays at a time at Royal Lodge in Windsor, reports The Sun.
Previously, the late Queen Elizabeth signed off on the expenses, but since Charles became King, he is scrutinising claims put forward having now been handed control on the Duchy of Lancaster’s annual £24million income.
The source said: “While the Queen was always happy to indulge her son over the years, Charles is far less inclined to fund such indulgences particularly in an era of a cost-of-living crisis.
“Families are struggling and would rightly baulk at the idea of tens of thousands paid to an Indian guru to provide holistic treatment to a non-working royal living in his grace and favour mansion.
“This time the King saw the bill for the healer submitted by Andrew to the Privy Purse and thought his brother was having a laugh."
Last year the Duke of York paid £12million in an out of court settlement to his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, and denies all allegations.
He has since been stripped from all royal duties and was blocked from appearing alongside the late Queen in her final appearance at the traditional Garter Day procession in Windsor. At her funeral, while his brothers and sister wore official military uniforms, he wore a suit. Only working royals wear military uniforms.
The King’s coronation on May 6 will be a designated “Collar Day” meaning members of the Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain, may wear the regalia and collar that signifies the British orders of knighthood they belong to.
Since Andrew is no longer a working royal, he now faces being ordered to wear a lounge suit after he was stripped of his military appointment Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, although he remains a Vice Admiral because of his service in the Royal Navy.
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