The cancer-hit monarch, 76, who has grown increasingly frustrated with the couple's refusal to leave the 30-room Windsor mansion, is understood to see the scandal as the "final straw" for the couple. Andrew and his former wife, both 65, have lived together at Royal Lodge for more than two decades, despite divorcing in 1996. But a trove of newly-published leaked emails showed Ferguson privately praising Epstein as a "steadfast, generous and supreme friend" weeks after publicly cutting ties with him in 2011. One senior royal source told us: "The king feels deeply that Royal Lodge cannot remain a sanctuary for the Duke and Duchess of York. It's not just about optics anymore – it's about trying to preserve the integrity of the monarchy."