The Queen Mum, who was King George VI’s widow, had an excellent arrangement after her husband’s passing. She lived in luxury in Clarence House in London, she kept Royal Lodge as her Windsor home, and she had Castle of Mey in Scotland. When she passed in 2002, then-Prince Charles took over Clarence House, and he also sort-of inherited Castle of Mey. Meanwhile, Andrew convinced QEII to give him a lease on Royal Lodge. The lease was generous, to say the least: in exchange for paying £8.5 million to renovate, update & refurbish the lodge, Andrew would get a 75-year lease with extremely generous rental terms. At no point did anyone believe that Andrew was paying “market rate” for his lease, but people believed he was making an annual or monthly rental payment. He was not. Apparently, he hasn’t

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