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.
