Todd Longstaffe Gowan, the Historic Royal Palaces gardener, told the UK's DailyMail that the disgraced Duke of York's Royal Lodge home is "impossible" to maintain at its current state.

The Duke of York has been living a more private life since stepping back from royal duties five years ago - and one commentator has said his life is now "golf and horses"

According to PR expert Mark Borkowski, Prince Andrew's apparent isolated life could be down to his lack of public opportunities, following his stepback from royal life.

Andrew, who was poised to leave the Royal Lodge after his brother King Charles cut him off financially, is trying to pinch a few pennies by developing a green thumb. “It is in a shocking state,” Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, the Historic Royal Palaces gardener, told the Daily Mail of the mansion’s worse-for-wear grounds.

Prince Andrew, who has been involved in a dispute with his brother King Charles over his continued tenancy at Royal Lodge, is reportedly facing fresh humiliation at the property

Prince Andrew 's beloved Royal Lodge is "in a shocking state", according to reports. According to the Daily Mail, the 64-year-old - who has lived at the Grade II listed home in Windsor since the early 2000s - is said to be taking it upon himself to maintain the 21-acre gardens.

Prince Andrew appears to be in a streak of bad luck as he continues to test King Charles and his patience.The Duke of York, who has been stripped off of his royal titles and patronages, has been

Prince Andrew has reportedly taken on the task of maintaining the 21-acre gardens at Royal Lodge, his Grade II listed home in Windsor, after it fell into a 'shocking state.'According to the Daily Mail,

Prince Andrew, who signed a 75-year lease on the property with the Crown Estate back in 2003, reportedly faces a "quite impossible" problem at the £30million mansion