Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has vacated the Royal Lodge in Windsor. Sources at Buckingham Palace confirmed this.
The former prince, stripped of his titles last year by King Charles due to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, has temporarily moved to Wood Farm Cottage on the Sandringham estate while his next permanent home, Marsh Farm, is being renovated.
Apparently, Charles was very interested in Andrew moving out earlier than planned after the publication of new files from the Epstein investigation, in which Andrew appears in disturbing emails and photos.
Three million pages of documents were recently released, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged Andrew to testify before Congress about his ties to the convicted sex offender.
Andrew leaves Royal Lodge
Royal Lodge has a rich history. There is an entire book about it, spanning 189 pages and 11 chapters. Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth lived there from 1932 to 1936. The Queen Mother lived in its 30 rooms until her death in 2002. It is a property featuring Victorian and Georgian architecture, with magnificent Gothic windows, located on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Andrew has lived there since 2003, investing a million pounds in renovations, but according to The Times, he hasn’t paid rent in 20 years. His contract stipulated that he would pay “a grain of pepper if demanded.”
In 2006, he hosted Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein there before his daughter Beatrice’s 18th birthday, even though an arrest warrant had been issued for Epstein in the United States months earlier.
Having such a disgraced figure living rent-free on a property like that had become a public relations nightmare.
Where is Andrew living now?
Marsh Farm is a different story. It’s not on the grand Windsor estate, an hour from London. It is located on the Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, approximately three hours from both Windsor and London.
Initially, there were rumors that he would move to Frogmore Cottage, Harry and Meghan’s former five-bedroom home, or Adelaide Cottage, which William and Kate vacated last year. However, both options were ruled out, and Marsh Farm emerged as the final destination.
No books have been written about Marsh Farm. In fact, it is barely mentioned in books about Sandringham. The only book that mentions it, “The King’s Homeland” from 1904, does so briefly and unfavorably, describing an expanse of “glistening and often steaming mud.”
The amenities at Marsh Farm are far inferior to those at Royal Lodge. Five bedrooms, two living rooms, and a kitchen in urgent need of renovation.
Robert Jobson, author of “The Windsor Legacy,” says little is known about her and that she is “quite swampy, a bit of a shell.” While her sister Anne retains Gatcombe Park and an apartment in St. James, and Edward of Edinburgh, live in Bagshot Park, a 120-room estate. Andrew’s move to Marsh Farm demonstrates the extent to which he has fallen from prince to pauper.
Of course, when he moves, he can do so in secret because Sandringham is in a no-fly zone with no camera drones. The vision of his spectacular domestic downfall will remain in our imagination.
And all this while a second accuser claims Epstein sent her to the United Kingdom for a sexual encounter with Andrew at Royal Lodge, even giving her a tour of Buckingham Palace afterward, according to her lawyer, Brad Edwards.