One government minister reportedly shook their head at King Charles III's response to the Prince Andrew scandal.

Amid all this muck, MP s want to know why the prince should continue to live in Royal Lodge, a mansion in Windsor Great Park, on which he pays a peppercorn rent. The scandal of the prince’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted paedophile, has dogged the monarchy for over a decade. Time, some MP s conclude, for Parliament to step in.

New disclosures about Prince Andrew’s ties to the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have led to calls for further action from the king and Parliament.

The Prime Minister said there should be "proper scrutiny" of Prince Andrew's rent-free mansion in response to calls for a parliamentary inquiry.