After the Buckingham Palace AI controversy stirred up enough chaos to rival a misplaced corgi, the last thing King Charles needs is a literal stink drifting across the estate.
Christmas at Sandringham may come with an unexpected smell and not the festive kind.
As King Charles, Prince William, and Princess Kate could soon find themselves at odds over plans for a new slurry pit on the royal estate, a proposal that’s already raising eyebrows across Norfolk.
The pit, still awaiting approval, would sit less than a mile from William and Kate’s Georgian home the one gifted to the couple by the late Queen as a wedding present.
Locals aren’t exactly thrilled either. One resident summed up the mood perfectly, telling the Daily Mail, “Everyone is worried it will create a massive stink. Goodness knows what William and Kate think about it.
It’s a bit ironic that the landowner behind the idea is William’s father the King.”
County councillor Stuart Dark has warned that planners may reject the proposal outright or push it through only with strict conditions to ensure the royal estate doesn’t end up smelling more farmyard than fairytale.
Meanwhile Andrew is finally preparing to pack up his life at Royal Lodge and it’s not exactly a gentle nudge out the door.
Royal author Andrew Lownie told The Mirror that the move is less a graceful exit and more a costly exercise in crisis management.
“I understand the former Duke will have to be paid quite a lot of money to basically get out of the lease,” he said.
Still, Lownie insists the arrangement is the only realistic way forward after years of scandal tied to Andrew’s association with the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“One has to be practical. This was the only way to get him out, and it’s not taxpayer money that’s being spent; that’s up to Charles. I think it has lanced the boil and averted what was turning into a major crisis.”
