King Charles was left stunned after learning his younger brother Prince Andrew attempted to pass him a $43,000 bill for a live-in yogi – a demand the monarch flatly refused, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The extraordinary revelation comes from the new royal biography, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York , by historian Andrew Lownie, which examines the Duke of York's turbulent life, his controversial marriage to Sarah Ferguson and the debts left in the wake of his fall from grace. Article continues below advertisement

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According to the book, Andrew's requests for financial support from his family have become a repeated source of friction since Queen Elizabeth's death .

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