The grim future that awaits Andrew Windsor when he turns 66

Once Duke of York, a senior royal and Britain’s special representative for trade and investment, he is now stripped of royal duties and titles, embroiled in housing disputes and increasingly distant from his closest relatives.

The uncertainty depends on where he will live, how he will be supported and how much contact he will maintain with his family as King Charles III, 77, continues his efforts to protect the monarchy’s reputation.

For his 50th birthday, Andrew was celebrated with private celebrations that reflected his status.

He hosted an intimate dinner at his ski chalet in Verbier, Switzerland, with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, 66, and their daughters Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie, 35.

Days later, Beatrice and Eugenie hosted a larger gathering at St James’s Palace, attended by high-profile guests including Naomi Campbell and Goga Ashkenazi.

At the time, Andrew still had an office in Buckingham Palace and a government-funded staff.