Andrew’s ‘teddy bears’ causes new tension for royal family amid Royal Lodge eviction

Former Prince Andrew has caused another headache for palace staff and royal family as he is reportedly leaning on his teddy bears for comfort.

Ahead of his move from the Royal Lodge, insiders told Heat Magazine that the former Duke of York’s unusual attachment is causing concern within palace walls.

The 65-year-old “disgraced” former royal is said to spend his days talking to the bears, treating them like friends, with an insider revealing that he sends “messages” from them to his staff.

With his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson mostly away, the insider said Andrew is feeling lonely and worries about how the bears will cope with the move to Sandringham.

“He’s completely anthropomorphized them, to the point that he’s convinced the move out of Royal Lodge is going to be hard on them because, as he says, it’s their home too,” the source said.

They added, “It really seems like being forced to move has sent him into a full-on meltdown because he keeps telling people the bears won’t cope with the change, it’s like he’s transferring his own emotions onto them, the way a little kid would.

“It might sound pathetic, but he is in a genuinely pathetic place and the bears, along with his late mother’s corgis, are the only companions he feels he can rely on.

“Everyone’s whispering that he is one step away from losing it entirely.”