Why on earth do the rich keep bankrolling Prince Andrew? | Gaby Hinsliff

A mystery benefactor will foot the bill for him to stay on at Royal Lodge , the 30 -bedroom pile in Windsor Great Park .

Andrew is believed to have found 'other sources of income' related to his contacts in international trade.

The duke has struck lucky just when he needed it most, and will not be naming the donor.

The mistake MPs have made in the past is to follow public money, demanding to know what taxpayers are being forced to spend on the royals’ upkeep in a cost of living crisis, rather than asking who exactly is now bankrolling them instead.

Maybe princes still believe in fairy godmothers waving a wand and magicking all their cares away, but the rest of us, sadly, are a bit too old for fairytales.