A former housemaid has disclosed the strict rules Prince Andrew imposed for arranging his collection of teddy bears in his bedroom. Charlotte Briggs, who worked at the palace in the mid-1990s, said the prince kept 72 stuffed toys on his bed, which had to be positioned in descending order of size.
Briggs told The Sun that she received a full day's training on how to arrange the teddies. 'It was drilled into me how he wanted them. Everything had to be just right. It was so peculiar,' she said. The largest bears were placed at the back, with the smallest at the front, while his two favourites sat on mahogany thrones beside the bed.
The revelation comes as Andrew, who vacated his 30-room Royal Lodge in February, has reportedly taken only one teddy—a cuddly monkey—to his new home at Sandringham. The rest of his 60-plus collection remains in storage, a move said to have hit him hard. A source told Heatworld that Andrew had 'completely anthropomorphised' the bears and was convinced the move would be hard on them.
Andrew's unusual bedroom habits have long been a subject of scrutiny. Former royal protection officer Paul Page previously revealed handwritten instructions for arranging the toys, including two toy hippos, a black panther, and bears, with ribbons that had to dangle over the edge of the bed. The instructions were laminated and titled 'DOY bed: Points for turn down and making the bed'.
Andrew is currently living at the King's private Sandringham estate after agreeing to leave Royal Lodge amid scrutiny over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. He was arrested on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in public office and has since been released under investigation.
