The King’s brother, Andrew, is leaving his home at Royal Lodge
with almost immediate effect.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as he is now known, is to quit the
thirty room residence imminently. It’s understood he will move to a
private home on the Sandringham estate.
Andrew has lived there since 2003 and shared the expansive
property with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, who will now move to
her own private residence.
The move was announced by Buckingham Palace in a statement on
October 30 2025 in which it confirmed that The King was removing
all titles from his brother.
It follows ongoing allegations about Andrew
Mountbatten-Windsor’s behaviour. In recent days, the posthumous
memoir of Virginia Giuffre was published in which she said she was
made to have sex with Andrew three times when she was 17 years
old.
He has always denied the allegations but Buckingham Palace said
”These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that
he continues to deny the allegations against him.”
The friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and convicted
paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, has also been under fresh examination
in recent weeks. Information showing that Andrew was still in
contact with Epstein after the date in which he said he had stopped
communicating with him surfaced.
There had also been controversy about his residence at Royal
Lodge which he took over in 2003. He paid for refurbishments and
upkeep but there was no monetary rent charged to him. Instead, he
was on a peppercorn rent where he had to hand over one peppercorn a
year, if demanded.
That now ends and it is understood that the lease which had
previously been seen to guarantee his ongoing residency there has
been formally surrendered.
That means that Andrew will be moving on – he is heading to a
private home on the Sandringham estate.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne.
