Prince Andrew has moved out of Royal Lodge after dealing with public strain to vacate the 30-room mansion owned by the Crown Property on the Windsor Dwelling Park property.
BBC reported on Tuesday, February 3, that Andrew, 65, left the Royal Lodge on Monday, February 2. The previous royal is staying on momentary property on the Sandringham Property whereas his everlasting house is present process renovations, per the outlet.
Andrew vacated Royal Lodge after dwelling there for 22 years with out paying important leasein keeping with a replica of his lease obtained by The Instances in October. The “peppercorn” lease association started when he signed a 75-year lease for the property in 2003, agreeing to pay £1 million for the lease plus any renovation charges. (Andrew reportedly paid £7.5 million to refurbish the property in 2005.)
Per the outlet, the settlement meant that in return, Andrew wouldn’t must pay conventional lease.
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As a result of his lease runs by means of 2078, it was unlikely that the Crown Property would have been in a position to pressure him out of Royal Lodge had Andrew not agreed to vacate. BBC Information reported earlier in October that Andrew has an independently-held “cast-iron lease” on the property.
With Andrew shifting out, the Crown Property will probably be required to pay the prince £558,000, plus a “compensatory sum” of £185,865 every year by means of 2028, in keeping with The Instances.
Royal professional Christopher Andersen solely advised Us Weekly earlier this month that Andrew staying at Royal Lodge would have given him some management over his future amid the controversy surrounding his alleged affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein.
“Progressively, because the Queen’s loss of life, it has dawned on Andrew that he would possibly actually be booted out of the royal fold altogether,” Andersen claimed. “His titles, his privilege, his standing all mattered to him.”
Andrew’s choice to vacate Royal Lodge comes after he introduced that he would quit his royal household title on account of his connection to the Epstein scandal.
“In dialogue with The King, and my quick and wider household, we now have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Household,” Andrew mentioned in a press release to Us Weekly on Friday, October 17. “I’ve determined, as I all the time have, to place my responsibility to my household and nation first. I stand by my choice 5 years in the past to face again from public life.”
He added, “With His Majesty’s settlement, we really feel I need to now go a step additional. I’ll due to this fact not use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me. As I’ve mentioned beforehand, I vigorously deny the accusations towards me.”
Although Andrew has denied any wrongdoing associated to Epstein, he did attain a non-public settlement with Virginia Giuffre in 2022 after she sued him for sexual assault. Giuffre had beforehand claimed she had a sexual encounter with Andrew when she was underage. Andrew has denied the allegations. (Epstein and Giuffre each died by suicide, in 2019 and 2025, respectively.)