Andrew Mountbatten Windsor looks set to move out of Royal Lodge imminently.
The former prince is now reported to be on the brink of quitting the thirty room residence on the Windsor estate which has been his home since 2003.
Work is already under way on Marsh Farm on the Sandringham estate which is now seen as a likely destination for The King’s brother.
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Andrew gave up his lease on Royal Lodge in October after further controversy around his friendship with convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
He was instead given a home on the Sandringham estate which belongs to King Charles.
The move came as The King stripped his brother of all his titles. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor lost his HRH and Prince when Charles III issued Letters Patent. The King also wrote to the Lord Chancellor and asked him to remove the titles of Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh from the Roll of Peerage. Andrew had held those titles since 1986 when they were given to him by Queen Elizabeth II.
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His former wife, Sarah Ferguson, also lost her courtesy title of Duchess of York.
Sarah Ferguson, who has lived at Royal Lodge with her former husband, is now expected to make her own living arrangements.
According to reports in Hello!, she is considering making Portugal her home. Her younger daughter, Princess Eugenie, lives there for a part of the year with her husband, Jack Brooksbank, and their young sons and the magazine reports that Fergie is hoping to make it her residence, too.
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She is said to have ruled out living with her other daughter, Princess Beatrice, who has a large home in the Cotswolds which she shares with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and their family – they have daughters, Sienna, 4, and Athena, who is about to turn 1, as well as Woflie who is Edoardo’s son from a previous relationship.
Buckingham Palace had been keen for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to leave Royal Lodge as soon as possible and earlier reports had indicated that Easter had been pencilled in as a moving date.
However, it now appears that the change will come much sooner and could even be completed by the end of this month.
