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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 's fall from grace is complete. The disgraced ex Duke has had all of his royal titles and stylings removed by King Charles and will have to leave his sprawling 30-room home Royal Lodge as a result of his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein . It has been reported that Andrew - who has strenuously denied all claims against him - has been left to wander through the rooms of the property with little to do. The 65-year-old is now living in what has been described as a "kind of arrested adolescence", with his "lonely" lifestyle revolving around video games and golf . He is said to rise late before taking breakfast served by staff. After that, he spends much of the day in a large sitting room where a giant screen "takes up almost an entire wall", playing video games or watching war films and golf coverage. But, as the second son of the late Queen, Andrew developed a penchant for the finer things in life, and has very clearly enjoyed the many privileges and status afforded to him by his birth. It's something he is finding hard to shake off. While it might be assumed that Andrew's fall from grace would have humbled the father-of-two, he appears to be in denial about his new non-royal reality. Indeed, such is Andrew's level of entitlement, he is reportedly still insisting on HRH titles at home, and is making his staff bow or curtsy when entering a room. Rob Shuter's #ShuterScoop reports that actually "nothing has changed inside Royal Lodge." A household insider said: "The butler still says Your Royal Highness, and the staff still bow. Andrew's made it clear - palace rules don't apply inside his walls. He insists it's his birthright - not something the King can erase." For years, Andrew has been dogged by rumours about his reputation behind closed doors, described by insiders as being both arrogant and entitled, with allegations he would bully and humiliate staff. He is also alleged to have made bizarre requests of royal employees, and would reportedly 'scream and shout' if they were not followed through. One such demand related to the large amount of teddies Andrew insisted on having displayed on his bed while staying at Buckingham Palace . Charlotte Briggs, a former maid who worked at the Palace in the mid-90s, said the former prince had a whopping 72 cuddly toys on his bed. She said they had to be lined up in size order, and that it took staff an entire day to be trained on how to arrange them on his bed. She told the Sun: "As soon as I got the job, I was told about the teddies, and it was drilled into me how he wanted them. I even had a day's training. Everything had to be just right. It was so peculiar." Charlotte also stated that the ex-Duke frequently lost his temper with the staff, especially if it involved his cuddly toys. She added: "It took me half an hour to arrange them - most bizarre thing to be paid for." According to former royal protection officer Paul Page , there was a laminated handwritten guide titled "DOY bed: Points for turn down & making the bed", with Andrew keeping an accompanying sketch close to his bed while staying at the Palace. And he would "scream and shout" if his servants failed to place them exactly how he wanted, Paul told ITV's Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile. It comes after Andrew Lowrie's explosive biography on Andrew and Fergie - Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York - lifted the lid on more of Andrew's demands, with one former equerry for the Queen Mother describing Andrew as a "rude, ignorant sod". According to Lowrie's book, Andrew insisted that the maids in his home climb four floors of stairs just to open his curtains for him in the morning - whilst he lay right beside them. A source claimed: "His bedtime habits as a single man left a lot to be desired, and a collection of scrunched-up, soiled tissues usually lay scattered around the bed each morning for staff to collect after they had made his bed." And on one occasion, Andrew is said to have brought a television technical worker to his royal home in the middle of the night, insisting the technician explain how the remote worked.
