King Charles once blocked a “bizarre” £32,000 request from his brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, despite his mother Queen Elizabeth II previously passing it through

King Charles once rejected a “bizarre” request from his brother Andrew to pay £32,000 for spiritual Indian gurus to treat him while staying at his home, a royal biographer has claimed.

According to author Robert Jobson, the King was “horrified” by the proposal and immediately blocked it, despite the late Queen Elizabeth II previously “passing the request through.”

Writing in his new book The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty, Mr Jobson said that the King's refusal of his brother's request signalled a new, more business-like approach to how royal funds are spent.

He wrote: “The palace began to shift, not loudly, but unmistak

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