Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is set to receive a six-figure payout and an annual stipend to stop him overspending as he begins a new life as a commoner.
In a bid to reach a ‘once and for all’ solution, a relocation settlement option on the table for the disgraced ex-Duke includes a payout for his Sandringham move.
It is understood King Charles III would then pay the shunned prince an annual allowance worth several times his £20,000-a-year navy pension from his private funds, The Guardian reported.
It comes as Andrew was stripped of all his titles yesterday as Buckingham Palace announced in a clinically cold statement that he would would no longer be known as a prince and is to leave the Royal Lodge on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
It was previously revealed he had been paying ‘peppercorn rent’ on the Grade II-listed property where he was living with his ex-wife and former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, 66, for over two decades.
It is understood Andrew has been served notice to surrender the lease at the 30-bedroom mansion and will move out of the residence as soon as practically possible to a property on His Majesty’s private estate in Norfolk.
While the particulars on where specifically Andrew will be living are unknown, palace sources revealed in a brutal remark that Fergie ‘will make her own arrangements’ when it comes to her future.
Former BBC Royal Correspondent, Jennie Bond, believes the former Duke of York will likely live the ‘life of a hermit’ after moving from Windsor to His Majesty’s private Sandringham estate.
As revelations continue about Andrew’s downfall, it has emerged –
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is set to receive a six-figure payout and an annual stipend in a bid to stop him overspending as he begins a new life as a commoner, The Guardian reported
Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Andrew’s former home. He will now be moving to a private residence on the monarch’s Sandringham estate
It is understood King Charles III would then pay the shunned prince an annual allowance worth several times his £20,000-a-year navy pension from his private funds
The Royal Family released a public statement announcing Andrew would no longer be a prince
‘I think he will lead a pretty isolated life,’ she said,
Although he will be able to roam freely around the 20,000 acre estate in Norfolk, Ms Bond said Andrew will be ‘holed up’, before calling his position in line to the throne is ‘untenable’ for the Royal Family.
A decision on the Royal Lodge was made on Thursday amid growing controversy surrounding Andrew’s relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, with whom Andrew lied about cutting ties with.
It comes after The Mail on Sunday revealed Andrew told Epstein in an email ‘we are in this together’ a day after the infamous picture of the former prince with his alleged then-teenage sex victim Virginia Giuffre was published.
And new emails from unsealed court documents from a legal battle between the US Virgin Islands and JP Morgan show the former prince told Epstein it would be ‘good to catch up in person’ months after the child sex offender was released.
Andrew has continued to deny the allegations made against him as well as ever meeting Ms Giuffre, who made damning revelations about Mr Mountbatten Windsor in a posthumous memoir. She took her own life earlier this year, aged 41.
In 2022, Andrew settled a US civil case she lodged for a reported £12million, reportedly receiving money from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to help meet the costs. The settlement came with no admission of liability.
In the wake of the fallout, Ms Giuffre’s family said she was ‘an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family’, who had ‘brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage.’
Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in a photo reportedly taken in 2001, when Giuffre was 17 years old
It is understood Sarah Ferguson, seen with Andrew at Royal Ascot in 2019, will make her own living arrangements
It comes as trade minister Sir Chris Bryant described now as ‘an ordinary member of the public’ while suggesting he should go to the US to answer questions about Epstein’s crimes.
Annie Farmer, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s earliest accusers who testified in the trial that resulted in the conviction of his long-time aide Ghislaine Maxwell, told the BBC: ‘Virginia did what most thought impossible. She showed the world that even the most powerful predators can be held accountable.’
It is understood Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer fully backs His Majesty’s decision. A Downing Street spokesperson said: ‘Our hearts go out to the family of Virginia Giuffre and all the victims who suffered from Jeffrey Epstein’s despicable crimes.’
Ms Giuffre’s explosive book Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, published this month, detailed her years spent sex slave to Epstein and his British madam Ghislaine Maxwell and piled further pressure on the Royal Family to take action.
Inside, Ms Giuffre mad claims she had been trafficked to the ex-duke three times, and whom she called ‘entitled’ and viewed sex as his ‘birthright’.
Within the 400-page autobiography, she also alleged the ex-duke said ‘thank you’ in a ‘clipped British accent’ after their alleged first encounter when she was 17.
She also recalled how Maxwell praised her following the encounter, saying, ‘You did well, the prince had fun.’
Royal sources claimed William and Kate wanted to move into Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park before Bonfire Night – and William ‘wanted his disgraced uncle out of his 30-room mansion by the time they move in.’
Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah (pictured) are now understood to be moving out of the Royal Lodge
In the wake of the Giuffre scandal, Andrew is facing a private prosecution over allegations of sexual assault, corruption and misconduct in public office.
Yesterday, anti–monarchy campaign group Republic said it has instructed lawyers to investigate the prince and, if appropriate, press ahead with legal proceedings.
The Daily Mail understands the allegations it is focusing on relate to accusations he sexually assaulted Giuffre, that he asked a royal protection officer to look into her background and impropriety when he served as an official UK trade envoy.
But anti-monarchy group Republic said it is mounting its own bid to take him to court because the legal and political response to the claims has been ‘weak and inadequate’ to date.
Last night the group tweeted that Andrew’s punishment was ‘nowhere near enough’, adding: ‘He’s lost a bunch of pointless titles and been relocated to another mansion. Dodging any actual punishment, as always.
‘He will never be an ‘ordinary person’ – ordinary people don’t get away with being accused of sexual abuse.’
A private prosecution brought by Republic would not involve a statutory prosecutor such as Crown Prosecution Service, which brings cases on behalf of the Crown.
They are commonly brought by organisations such as the RSPCA, but can be brought by private individuals.
Amid the controversy, His Majesty, King Charles III, was very keen to ‘protect’ Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, who remain Her Royal Highnesses
In some cases, a party wishing to bring a private prosecution may have to seek the consent of the Government’s top legal adviser the Attorney General, or the Director of Public Prosecutions, who is the head of the CPS.
The CPS also has the right to take on a private prosecution – and even to bring it to an end if it considers the prosecution to be brought maliciously.
Elsewhere Scotland Yard is weighing up whether it should launch a new probe into Andrew’s alleged activities.
Two inquiries are currently underway, the Guardian reported, with one ‘scoping’ the contents of Ms Giuffre’s memoirs to assess if a full criminal probe into the allegations are necessary.
The second relates to emails published by the Mail on Sunday earlier this month, which revealed Andrew asked his protection officer to dig into her past, two months after the infamous photo of him with Ms Giuffre and Maxwell came to light.
It is understood earlier this month the Metropolitan Police was ‘actively’ looking into the claims Andrew had asked his personal protection officer to investigate Ms Giuffre, and that he was interviewed by detectives at home last week.
Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, who has previously called for Prince Andrew to testify before a US Congressional committee about his links to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to ‘clear his name’, on Thursday urged Andrew to give evidence.
Both Andrew and Fergie, who have been divorced since 1996, have until the end of January to pack up their belongings and be out of the Royal Lodge, The Sun reported.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Camilla was appalled by Andrew’s association with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and felt the ongoing row was getting in the way of her public duties
A palace source told The Daily Mail: ‘The decision was The King’s, as a result of Andrew’s serious errors of judgement (Pictured: Camilla met with staff and volunteers who help victims of domestic violence in Florence, Italy in 2017)
And the invaluable artworks gracing the walls of the Royal Lodge will be returned to the Royal Collection Trust.
Just days ago told the Mail on Sunday just days ago how Andrew had been facing mounting pressure to quit Royal Lodge before William, Kate and their three children move into their nearby ‘forever home’.
Royal sources claimed William and Kate wanted to move into Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park before Bonfire Night – and William ‘wanted his disgraced uncle out of his 30-room mansion by the time they move in.’
Royal biographer Andrew Lownie said: ‘He’s [William] much more ruthless than his father and I think he can see the huge reputational damage that’s been done.’
According to The Daily Telegraph, Camilla was appalled by Andrew’s association with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and felt the ongoing row was getting in the way of her public duties.
The Queen has supported survivors of sex attacks and domestic abuse for years and it was recently revealed in a new book that she herself fought off a man who groped her on a train when she was a teenager.
The Queen was ‘deeply uncomfortable’ about leading anti-abuse campaigns, including domestic abuse charity SafeLives of which she is patron, while Andrew remained a public figure, the newspaper said.
But when asked whether the Queen felt Andrew was distracting from her work, a palace source told The Daily Mail: ‘The decision was The King’s, as a result of Andrew’s serious errors of judgement.
‘Whilst Their Majesties sympathies for victims are clearly expressed in the statement, and Her Majesty The Queen is committed to her work in the area, the decision was taken due to those errors of judgment, and the whole wider family were supportive.’
As scandalous emails from both Fergie and Andrew continued to emerge, the royals were further pressured to sever ties with the ex-Yorks.
Internal talks are said to have begun after Prince William was left ‘seething’ by his uncle’s behaviour at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral last month
Andrew was pictured sidling up to the Prince and Princess of Wales, which the heir to the throne saw as him being distracted from the ceremony.
No 10 has also reportedly been pressuring the royals to deal with the scandal, which has run on for years and saw Andrew step back from public life in 2019.
The intervention from Downing Street came after the former prince was entangled in the ongoing Chinese spying row.
And only further embarrassment descended after it was revealed Andrew met with the ‘spymaster’ at the heart of the collapsed China spy case at least three times.
The under-fire royal, already mired in controversy over his friendship with another alleged Beijing spy, forged links with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mandarin Cai Qi, with the pair posing as they celebrated ‘jointly building a golden era in China-UK relations’.
Prosecutors now believe Cai was presiding over a massive intelligence-gathering operation to steal British secrets, overseeing the alleged activities of parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and China-based English teacher Christopher Berry.
Both men have denied any wrongdoing and the case against them collapsed on the eve of trial last month after the Government refused to label China an ‘enemy’.
After, Andrew and his ex-wife agreed to relinquish their titles, with Buckingham Palace releasing a statement on the Prince’s behalf.
The Public Accounts Committee has already confirmed it is writing to the Crown Estate, effectively Andrew’s landlord, and the Treasury asking for further information about the prince’s lease which caused a public outcry when it emerged he was paying a ‘peppercorn’ rent.
Andrew attends a military air display event on November 25, 2010 with Abu Dhabi’s ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Andrew alongside his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson at the funeral of the Duchess of Kent on September 16, 2025
Charles’ actions are already bearing fruit as Andrew’s name has been struck from the official roll of the peerage which means his Duke of York title will no longer be used officially.
In the next few days, the King is expected to send to the Lord Chancellor David Lammy the royal warrant, affecting the dukedom, and letters patent which will formally remove Andrew’s entitlement to use the title prince and HRH style.
He remains eighth in line to the throne but in the highly unlikely scenario Andrew was on the verge of becoming monarch it is likely public pressure would intervene.
But there have been calls to bring in legislation to stop any chance, however remote, of him becoming King.
York Central MP Rachael Maskell said time should found in Parliament to remove the Andrew from the line to the throne and said: ‘I don’t think these things will take a lot of time. It’s a couple of small clauses in a piece of legislation.’
Downing Street said there were no plans for legislative changes, when asked about potentially making it easier to strip peerages in the future or remove Andrew from the line of succession.
The former duke had a ‘cast-iron’ lease for his Royal Lodge home and only after negotiations with the King’s representatives did he agree to serve formal notice on Thursday to surrender the lease, which had more than 50 years left to run.
It has been reported Andrew will not be moving to Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate, the property favoured by the late Queen and her husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who preferred its cosy surroundings to the main Sandringham House.
But there are a number of other properties available, ranging from Park House, the birthplace and childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales; to York Cottage, where King George V lived before becoming monarch.
The Daily Mail has approached Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace for comment.