Disgraced Prince Andrew was forced to drive 140 miles to Sandringham for a showdown with Prince Charles - a week after a similar meeting with his father Prince Philip.

The heir to the throne is understood to have had "strong words" with his brother on Monday just hours before a Panorama interview with Virginia Roberts Guiffre piled more pressure on the beleaguered Duke of York.

During the hour-long documentary, Mrs Guiffre alleged that aged 17 she was forced to have sex with the Duke which she described as "disgusting" and left her feeling "horrified and abused". The BBC also claimed five further victims of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Andrew, 59, had witnessed young women giving massages at the billionaire financier's home.

It is thought that Charles, 71, wanted to reinforce the Queen’s wish that Andrew step back from royal duties "for the foreseeable future" and Philip, 98, who has been staying at Home Farm on the Queen's Norfolk estate was in Monday's meeting to agree the move.

A week earlier Andrew had been summoned up north for a face to face meeting with his father before Charles arrived back from a tour of New Zealand and the Solomon Islands.