Nov. 5, 2025

**BONUS** Prince Pauper! Andrew’s Pension, Pawn Shop, and Paint-Gun Past

**BONUS** Prince Pauper! Andrew’s Pension, Pawn Shop, and Paint-Gun Past

The BBC’s Panorama revives the Epstein scandal with unseen Virginia Giuffre footage as King Charles lets Andrew keep his Falklands medal—but the disgraced royal might soon be cashing in his trinkets and queuing for a £9K pension. Plus, new revelations from his California “Twit of the Year” tour prove he’s been a royal mess for decades.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to a special bonus

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episode of Palace Intrigue as we cover the Andrew fallout.

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The BBC has aired a new Panorama special title The

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Fall of Prince Andrew. The program included previously unseen footage

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of Virginia Jeffrey, who accused Andrew of sexual abuse and

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connection with the late Jeffrey Epstein, claims Andrew has always

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strenuously denied. In the unearthed twenty nineteen interview, Geoffrey recounted

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how Gilleen Maxwell told her. Gleeen tells me that I

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have to do for Andrew what I do for Jeffrey,

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and that made me sick. I just didn't expect it

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from Royalty. I didn't expect it from someone who people

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look up to and admire in the Royal family. King

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Charles will allow Andrew mount Batten Windsor to keep his

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Falkland's War Campaign Medal, despite removing his remaining honorary military

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title of Vice Admiral. Buckingham Power confirmed that Andrew's medal,

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earned for active service in nineteen eighty two, will remain

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alongside his other operational awards. The decision follows Defense Secretary

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John Healey's announcement that the government would strip Andrew of

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his honorary rank but defer to the King on the

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issue of medals. Andrew served as a Royal Navy helicopter

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co pilot during the Falklands Conflict, flying missions in anti

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submarine and search and rescue operations, and even acting as

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a decoy for Argentine excet missiles. Veterans have defended his

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right to keep the medal, saying it would be morally

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indefensible to remove it. Simon Weston, a Falklands veteran badly

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injured in the war, told The Telegraph he has lost

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all other aspects of dignity, respect and honor he was

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ever once shown. But the one thing you cannot strip

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away from the man is that moment in his life

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where he was dignified, honorable and courageous. Andrew received the

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South Atlantic Medal with a rosette for his actions, an

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award given to only about ten percent of recipients. Critics

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of the idea of confiscating it said medals earned through

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service and not privileges, but property. Western added, It's not

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a gift, it's something you earn. Andrew will become eligible

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to claim the state pension next year, an annual sum

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of roughly nine thousand pounds, when he turns sixty six

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in February. Although members of the Royal family do not

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automatically qualify for the state pension, Andrew's twenty two years

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of service in the Royal Navy make him an exception.

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The King, who also served in the Navy, is similarly entitled,

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but donates his pension and full to the charity Age UK.

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Tom Selby, director of Public Policy at aj BELL, explained,

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like millions of people, Andrew will be entitled to the

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state pension based on the number of National Insurance qualifying

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years he built up while working. Based on his employment record,

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that should mean he is entitled to around nine thousand

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pounds a year, although it will be up to the

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former Prince whether he chooses to claim this or not.

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Source said simply it's up to him. Having served from

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nineteen seventy nine to two thousand and one, including active

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duty during the Falklands War, Andrew is thought to have

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around twenty two years worth of National Insurance contributions that

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would make him eligible for the approximately one hundred thirty

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five pounds a week under current contracting out rules, which

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reduce the state pension for those who also paid into

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separate service pension. However, he could still top up his

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entitlement by paying extra contributions for missing years, potentially raising

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the total to one hundred seventy four pounds seventy five

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a week or just over nine thousand annually. Under the

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government's triple locked formula, that figure could climb to about

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ninety five hundred pounds by twenty twenty six. Actuaries estimate

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that if Andrew claims and boosts his pensions and lives

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to eighty five, he could receive roughly two hundred and

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ten thousand pounds in total. In addition, Andrew receives a

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Royal Navy pension estimated at twenty thousand pounds a year.

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The rest of his finances remain murky, described by one

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Royal observers shrouded in a peace soup of impenetrability more

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palace in just a moment. By the way, check out

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our new series from Callaogashark Media that covers the rise

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and fall of Prince Andrew. It's called Crown and Controversy

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Prince Andrew. The linkers in the show Notes and we

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have new episodes dropping every Sunday or just search for

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Crown and Controversy. Prince Andrew Andrew may have lost his

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royal titles, but he still holds on to the valuable

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family possessions, and according to the National Examiner, he could

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soon turn to selling them for cash. A palace source

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told the outlet that the sixty five year old former

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royal has a trove of jewels and trinkets that are

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rightfully his, or so he claims, which would fetch many

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millions if he puts them up for auction. The insider

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added that Andrew is determined to fight to keep paintings,

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furnishings and personal effects from the Royal Lodge before he's

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forced to vacate the Winds of residence. Among the items

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said to be in his possession letters from his parents,

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intimate family photographs, home videos, and other memorabilia that would

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be any collector's dream. His ex wife is reportedly in

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a similar position. The source claimed she hoarded everything from

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her wedding day, along with personal correspondence from the late

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Princess Diana containing what were described as deepest confessions they've

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held on to. These valuables as insurance for a worst

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case scenario that has now become reality, the source said,

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noting that the couple's loss of royal status has left

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them with limited income options. If they start selling these items,

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the insider warned, it'll be an unprecedented nightmare for the Royals.

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They knew getting rid of Andrew was bound to be messy,

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but this would be the equivalent of him pressing the

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nuclear button. Andrew maybe set to lose another symbol of

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his former royal life, his personalized car number plates. According

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to The Daily Mail, DVLA records show that the unique

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registrations once used by the former Duke of York are

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no longer listed. Andrew has long been seen driving vehicles

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bearing the plates AY two DOY and AYO three DOY,

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the DOY standing for Duke of York. The plates were

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featured on his green Range Rovers and Bentley during his

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years as a working Royal. While a vehicle displaying DOY

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plates has reportedly been spotted around Windsor Great Park, Andrew

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has most recently been seen driving a different land Rover

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bearing the standard registration bearing the standard registration k N

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seventy four EFK when he attended the Duchess of Kent's funeral.

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James Constantino, co founder and CEO of Prestige Pawn, told

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The Daily Mail the personalized plates now hold no monetary

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or collectible value. The plates seen on a number of

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vehicles associated with Andrew are, of course, only personal to

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the former Duke. They would have been of low value,

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low hundreds rather than thousands, and even before his personal

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affairs were recently aired. Prince Andrew's reputation for controversy appears

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to have begun long before his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

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According to royal biographer Andrew Lowney entitled The Rise and

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Fall of the House of York, the then Duke of

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York's nineteen eighty four trip to California was so disastrous

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it earned him the title Twit of the Year. At

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just twenty four, Andrew embarked on a four day solo

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visit promoting Britain supports, Beverly Hills and the British Olympic

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Association ahead of the La Games. Officially, the Foreign Office

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hailed the mission as a triumph, praising the Prince as fresh,

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modern and caring. But as Lowney reveals, the reality was

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rather less flattering. Crowds were left frustrated after the young

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royal dawdled at an aircraft factory keeping over a thousand

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people waiting. During a department store appearance, he reportedly quipped

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that he hadn't worn that particular make since I was thirteen,

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before walking out seconds later. Then came the paint gun tobacco.

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During a stop in the Watson neighborhood, Andrew picked up

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a spray gun meant for local refurbishment project and promptly

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turned it on his own press pack. He doaled reporters

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and the cameras with white paint before reportedly announcing I

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enjoyed that. A chastened Prince later claimed his finger had slipped,

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but the damage was done. Prince Andrew blew it completely

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and disastrously, wrote Ross Benson of The Daily Express, while

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CBS's build Strout branded it the most unpleasant Royal visits

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since they burnt the White House in eighteen twelve. The

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Queen was said to be furious. Loudi writes that her

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Late Majesty ordered her some to personally pay for the damage,

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estimated between fifteen and thirty thousand pounds, and decreed that

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future trips would require both a pr advisor and an equerry.

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According to Vanity Fair, Prince Philip made a transatlantic call

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of his own, telling Andrew to pull his finger out

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and grow up. La however, managed to see the lighter side.

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Officials mounted the offending paint gun on a plaque bearing

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a coat of arms and presented it to Andrew as

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a souvenir. And in the final and in the final

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flourish of infamy, the People newspaper duly crowned him to

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it of the Year. And there heaven like to email

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us addresses the palacentric at Gmail and dot com, check

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us out on Facebook or Instagram, were on all the

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social hubs. Now come and join the conversations. I'm Mark

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Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This is palace intriguing.

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Good terms,