Prince Andrew to Vacate Royal Lodge for Norfolk Home

Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the disgraced former royal, is preparing to vacate Royal Lodge, the 30-room Windsor mansion he has occupied rent-free for two decades, following the formal termination of his lease in October 2025. The move, prompted by his recent loss of royal titles amid ongoing scrutiny over his associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will relocate him to a temporary smaller property on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, with plans for a more permanent residence under renovation.

Sources close to the royal household indicate that Andrew's departure from Royal Lodge is not immediate, with the lease allowing him to remain until October 2026. However, aides have already begun discreetly removing items from the property, transporting belongings under cover of darkness to a Crown Estate storage facility in Windsor last week. The process is complicated by the extensive clutter accumulated over 20 years, described by one insider as a "monthslong, room-by-room excavation." Around 80 percent of the contents, including historical documents and photographs, require careful handling or professional archiving, delaying what might otherwise be a straightforward relocation.