Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor supplied short-term residence to hurry up Royal Lodge exit | EUROtoday

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has reportedly been supplied a short lived residence at Sandringham to hurry up his relocation from the Grade II mansion Royal Lodge, the place he has resided for the final twenty years.

A extra everlasting house is being ready for him on the Norfolk property, however it’s understood the King has supplied him a short lived property within the hope he would have left Windsor by Easter.

Other sources informed The Times the prospect of an interim residence may imply the disgraced former prince can be in additional modest lodging by his 66th birthday on 19 February.

Renovation and building work is presently underway at Marsh Farm, which is predicted to finally turn out to be Andrew’s everlasting base as soon as it has been accomplished. It is known that its safety features require updating, with fences and a CCTV system put in forward of his arrival.

After it was introduced that Andrew can be leaving Royal Lodge final 12 months, a no-fly restriction zone was prolonged in December to cowl Marsh Farm, which had beforehand been held by a tenant farm and has been empty for years.

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While few particulars have been given in regards to the short-term lodging being supplied to Andrew, The Times stories that choices embody Wood Farm, the place the late Prince Philip spent his ultimate years, and York Cottage.

Removal vans have already been noticed at Royal Lodge, the place Andrew has paid a peppercorn hire after signing a 75-year lease in 2003.

He was first suggested to depart the 30-room mansion two years in the past however refused, with Buckingham Palace confirming in October that he had returned his lease after additional revelations emerged that he had continued to electronic mail convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein regardless of stating in his disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview that he had reduce all contact with the paedophile in 2010.

As a results of these emails, the King stripped him of his titles and standing and compelled him to relocate to the Sandringham property, with the monarch now resulting from privately fund his new way of life.

A supply informed The Sun: “The snow or rain hasn’t delayed the work on Marsh Farm but it still needs a lot of attention to make it habitable. But one thing for sure is that it is a lot, lot smaller and less luxurious than Royal Lodge.”

His ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who had resided alongside him at Royal Lodge, is now understood to be individually house-hunting.

Neither she nor Andrew had been invited to spend Christmas Day with the Royal Family and have remained out of the highlight, whereas their two daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, had been current at Sandringham over the festive interval.