King Charles 'could banish Prince Andrew to remote castle 673 miles from Windsor'

King Charles may be considering sending Prince Andrew, who has already given up some of his titles and honours, to a Scottish Castle in the Highlands. The Castle of Mey in the far north of Scotland is a 673-mile car journey from Windsor where he currently resides in Royal Lodge.

If Prince Andrew is indeed to be banished there, it is suggested he will be going without his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, who has remained loyal to him over the years.

Journalist Andrew Lownie, writes in the Daily Mail: "The ex-duchess has shown a remarkable capacity for loyalty to her ghastly ex-husband over the years but if – as is increasingly expected – Andrew is forced to give up his lease on the Royal Lodge at Windsor – the 30-room pile where the divorced couple live in separate wings to this day – I doubt she will be quite so keen to co-habit."

He adds: "And certainly not if – as the Mail on Sunday suggested at the weekend – the prince is persuaded to relocate to the Castle of Mey, the late Queen Mother's 16th-century fastness in the far north of Scotland."

The royal author also writes, "The nearest village of any size is six miles away and John o' Groats, which consists of little more than drab council housing, a sports park and a shop."

The village of John O’Groats also has a population of just 300 people, whereas the population of Windsor is 31,560.

The impressive forte, in Caithness, was bought Queen Mother in the 1950s. It is currently open to the public most of the year, although King Charles and Queen Camilla sometimes spend time there in the summer before heading to Balmoral Castle.

He predicts the prince will eventually settle somewhere other than Scotland, and writes: "…it’s more likely that Air Miles Andy would end up somewhere like Abu Dhabi, where he has a standing offer of the use of a salubrious palace courtesy of the ruling house of Nahyan.

"It’s also a place where he could rely on being able to book one of those massages that he’s become so fond of over the years."

Andrew relinquished the Duke of York title amid the ongoing fallout from the Jeffery Epstein scandal and the release of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir. However, he will retain his title of Prince, as he is holds it per his birth right.

The title and honours Andrew will no longer use include those granted on his wedding day - The Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh; his Knighthood as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO); his Garter role as a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

Andrew's statement, released via Buckingham Palace, also stated he vigorously denied all accusations made against him.