Prince Andrew will continue to receive 24-hour police protection at taxpayer funds, even though he is no longer performing his royal duties.
This decision follows a full review of his safety by theMetropolitan Policeand the Home Office.
The 62-year-old Duke of Yorkannounced earlier this year that the Queen prevented him from using his HRH title andhis military and he of the charity.
The Executive Commission for the Protection of Royalty and Celebrity (known as Ravec) assessed the security threat but said he was still eligible to have a police bodyguard. Judged,The Daily Telegraph reports.
Following Prince Harry'sHigh Courtallegationagainst the Commission's decision denying him and his family that The decision is likely to be viewed as controversial automatic security when he is in the UK.
Prince Andrew, 9th in line to the throne, has agreed to a large financial settlement with Giuffre ofVirginia. Virginia Giuffre filed a lawsuit against him in the United States, alleging that he was sexually abused. After she was 17 when she was 2001, she was trafficked three times by dishonorable pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Duke has always denied wrongdoing.
It was initially suggested that the settlement would cost him £12 million, but a report out last weekend said the prince's lawyers had cut him from £3 million to £5 million. We negotiated between pounds.
The decision by the Commission means that Andrew will continue to have a personal protection officer with him whenever he leaves home. A permanent security system is in place.
The cost of his personal protection is unknown, but is estimated to be between £500,000 and £3 million for him each year.
Andrew's daughters, princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, were stripped of their royal security many years ago.
Other non-working royals such as Peter Phillips and Zara Tindalldo not receive protection as adults.
Prince Andrew was the target of a number of intruders last year who tried to break into the Grade II listed Windsor home he shares with his ex-wife, the Duchess of York. became.
In April, her 43-year-old Spaniard, who claimed to be "Eileen Windsor", held her hand after telling a security guard that she had a lunch date with the Duke. I was waved into the facility.
She was arrested on suspicion of theft and later classified under the Mental Health Act.
Days later she was arrested after a 31-year-old man and her 29-year-old woman were found trespassing on the premises.
