King Charles III paid $2 million to cover cost of ex-Prince Andrew's departure from Windsor estate

King Charles III paid $2 million to cover costs owed by the former Prince Andrew, his younger brother, after he was forced to move out of a crown-owned home near Windsor Castle due to his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Charles loaned the money to his brother, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, out of his private income to ensure that the Crown Estate was paid on time, a person familiar with the payment said Friday. The revelation came after the Crown Estate, which manages crown properties, said Mountbatten-Windsor was charged $2.4 million due to the dilapidated state of the property and received a credit of $400,000 as compensation for the early surrender of his lease. That left him with a debt of $2 million, which the king paid.