Prince will have to find millions to keep Royal Lodge his home

THE Duke of York is set to be forced to fund future security operations at his Windsor home, The Daily Telegraph can reveal, as Sir Keir Starmer said police should look into sexual abuse allegations made against him.

The King is preparing to withdraw the private funding he ploughs into the security operation at Royal Lodge, The

Telegraph understands. To avoid being forced out of the vast, 30-room property, Prince Andrew will need to find the small fortune required to maintain both its security and its upkeep. He has no discernible income and the house is in need of extensive repairs.

Yesterday Sir Keir, the Labour leader and former director of public prosecutions, backed calls for Scotland Yard to launch an investigation into claims about the Duke made in newly released US court documents.

The documents relate to a 2015 defamation case brought against Ghislaine Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of abusing her as a teenager. The Duke has strenuously denied any wrongdoing.

Sir Keir said: “I think wherever there’s a complaint made it’s inevitable that it should be looked at. I mean we have to start with the victims here, and look at what allegations have been made. I’ve seen the headlines on this, not the detail… but frankly whoever it is, where there are allegations, credible allegations made, then of course they should be looked at.”

His comments came after Republic, the anti-monarchy group, made a formal complaint demanding the Metropolitan Police investigate. The politician was DPP from 2008 until 2013, during which time Ms Giuffre released a photograph depicting the Duke with his arm around her waist and gave a newspaper interview describing how she had been trafficked to London, where she alleged she was first introduced to the royal.