BBC Newsnight reports that there's "unease" in the government over Buckingham Palace's "slow response."

There's a lot of chatter about why, exactly, Prince Andrew is occupying a giant Windsor mansion when he's been stripped of his royal titles and doesn't pay any rent. But apparently Prince William is on it.

Per BBC's Newsnight, there's "unease" in the British government over the "slow response" from Buckingham Palace to the Prince Andrew scandal (as CNN put it, there's been an "avalanche of headlines" amid the posthumous publication of Virginia Giuffre's memoir). But apparently Whitehall -- aka the government -- thinks Prince William is in control of the situation because a source told the BBC that "William is on it. William is on it."

Newsnight added that "The view is William is thinking long term, the long term future of the monarchy and the belief in Whitehall is he really wants to get hold of this."

This comes as royal expert Phil Dampier tells The Sun that Prince William wants "a real line to be drawn under it before he becomes king" and notes that "I don't think he wants to be living within a couple of miles of someone who's constantly getting....I mean, today, I think there are demonstrators down there. There are actually protesters outside the house with megaphones, shouting that Andrew should leave his home."

"I think the public is just seeing day in, day out stories about Andrew holed up in his Windsor home, and William and Kate are living in Windsor," he explains. "The kids are going to be going to school -- it's just by association. There is a possibility that they would bump into them at various times, but it's just clearing the decks, trying to get things sorted out, and trying to get this finally resolved before he becomes king. If he was still in Royal Lodge when William and Kate became king and queen, then he would have the problem, and he'd be seen as the one having to deal with it. So, it's best for all concerned if this gets cleared up, finally, in some way, shape, or form, while Charles is king."