Prince Andrew breaks cover on shooting trip with Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank – after it was revealed King Charles has cut off his ‘£1m-a-year’ allowance

Prince Andrew has broken cover on his shooting trip with daughter Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank after it was revealed that the King has cut off his ‘£1m-a-year’ allowance. 

The Duke, 64, was spotted driving on the grounds of Windsor, to join his youngest daughter and her husband of six years on a pheasant shoot. 

It’s the first time he has been seen since being financially cut off by his brother, marking a new low in relations between the siblings. 

An updated biography by acclaimed royal writer Robert Hardman, serialised by the Mail, reveals that despite the Duke of York’s attempts to call the monarch’s bluff, Charles has acted decisively.

In recent weeks he has instructed his Keeper of the Privy Purse, the monarchy’s finance director, to sever his beleaguered younger brother’s annual personal allowance – believed to be in the region of £1 million a year – and no longer pays for his seven-figure private security detail.

‘The duke is no longer a financial burden on the King,’ confirms a source.

The Duke, 64, was spotted driving on the grounds of Windsor, to join his youngest daughter and her husband of six years on a pheasant shoot

Prince Andrew has now officially been financially cut off by the King, marking a new low in relations between the royal brothers

Princess Eugenie and Husband Jack Brooksbank (pictured driving) are hosting a Pheasant Shoot at Windsor

An updated biography by acclaimed royal writer Robert Hardman, serialised by the Mail, reveals that Charles has acted decisively

The King has long made clear his wish to see Andrew move out of his vast 30-room mansion at Windsor, Royal Lodge, a wish he reportedly shared with the late Queen Elizabeth. 

According to sources, had she lived another year, the late Queen would have forced the Duke to leave his family home and downsize to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of Prince Harry and Meghan. 

Sources close to the Duke of York have long argued that he had a cast-iron long-term lease on the late Queen Mother’s former home in Windsor Great Park. 

He is said to have made clear to the King’s advisers that they have no right to force him to downsize and has firmly rejected suggestions that he move to nearby Frogmore Cottage. 

Having been financially cut off, the Duke will be forced to find the funds for the upkeep of his property in addition to his security detail. 

According to Hardman, this apparently includes the cost of protecting several valuable and historical works of art and pieces of furniture borrowed from the Royal Collection, the treasure trove of antiques held in trust by the monarch on behalf of the nation.

The Duke has repeatedly asserted that he can continue to pay for his own upkeep, claiming to have found ‘other sources of income‘ related to his contacts in international trade, sufficient to cover all his costs. 

The Duke is currently enjoying a weekend of pheasant shooting hosted by Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack

Sources have said that had she lived another year, Queen Elizabeth would have forced Andrew to leave his family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park

She would have made him downsize to Frogmore Cottage, the former home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

Andrew has been stripped of his patronages and military associations and effectively barred from using his HRH title in public over his association with Jeffrey Epstein 

The Duke was stripped of his patronages and military associations following his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis

The Duke was stripped of his patronages and military associations and is effectively barred from using his HRH title in public following his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis about his association with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. 

He no longer undertakes royal duties as a result. 

An updated edition of Hardman’s biography, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, which was published earlier this year, is now being brought out in hardback with extra material and three new chapters packed with fascinating detail.

Among the new revelations is how Prince Harry’s determination to doggedly pursue legal action against the Home Office over its decision to withdraw his round-the-clock security when he quit royal duties has driven a wedge between father and son.

The King fears that if he repairs his relationship with Harry he could be dragged into the case, placing him in ‘legal jeopardy’.

Royal insiders have also hit back at suggestions that they failed to help Meghan when she joined the Royal Family, saying she threw their offer back in their faces.

They insist, far from throwing the Duchess to the wolves, as she has suggested, they did everything in their power to help her – and it was she who said no.

Sources say the King is not against some sort of rapprochement with the Sussexes despite the barrage of criticism he had received. But it has not been an easy process.

When Harry returned to the UK in May the two did not meet. The prince was offered a room at Buckingham Palace but instead chose to stay in a hotel.

‘We were told it was for security reasons,’ says a member of the King’s staff. ‘I’m not sure you could get anywhere more secure than the Palace.’