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Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge saga latest as disgraced duke faces 'D-day' in fresh nightmare

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faces a fresh "nightmare" as he prepares to have his home security detail stripped this week following a funding slash by his own brother, .

The monarch's decision to cut the disgraced duke's security team at Royal Lodge, his Windsor home, will reportedly take effect in November.

Its believed that the King did this to force Andrew's hand, pushing him to move out of the property entirely and find somewhere else to live without security funded by the .

Andrew has so far , reportedly valued at £30 million, though its unclear where he will end up after his security detail is no more.

Charles previously offered his brother Frogmore Cottage - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's former home - but Andrew has a 75-year lease with Royal Lodge and wants to pass it to his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

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Finding the money to buy a new house and equipt it with a security team could prove difficult for Prince Andrew since the scandal surrounding his alleged friendship with prolific sex offender .

And the dishonoured royal may not be the only one causing trouble at Royal Lodge, according to a royal author. Craig Brown, author of "Q: A Voyage Around the Queen" said the breed of his dogs are

Andrew took in two of the Queen's beloved corgis - Sandy and Muik - following her passing, but it turns out they may be much more of a handful than he'd bargained for.

Brown writes: "Corgis are, it turns out, an unpredictable, temperamental bunch, one minute cuddly, the next psycho, the Corleones of the dog world."

He recounted a story involving the Queen's first corgi, Dookie, who "did not restrict his aggression to humans". Brown added: "He would happily attack the dining room chairs at Royal Lodge, the family home in Windsor Great Park."

The Queen famously doted on the during her life, spoling them with a line of royal chefs who were tasked with coming up with a special menu for the pups.

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