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Topics: Prince Andrew, Royal Family, UK News, US News, King Charles III, Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre
Rhianna Benson
Topics: Prince Andrew, Royal Family, UK News, US News, King Charles III, Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre
Following the news that King Charles III will privately fund his eviction from Royal Lodge after removing his 'prince' title, an astute assessment has been made about Prince Andrew's upcoming move to the Sandringham Estate.
The decision for the 65-year-old to surrender his princedom was made in light of alarming new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, as documented in Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir.
Giuffre first came forward in 2019, claiming that she'd had sex with Andrew on three separate occasions when she was just a minor, having been trafficked by Epstein.
Despite she and Andrew reaching an undisclosed out-of-court settlement three years later, she went on to cite specific sexual interactions with the Prince in her book, Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, written prior to her suicide earlier this year.
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As a result, on Thursday (30 Oct), Buckingham Palace last night released a statement, revealing that Andrew would no longer be known as 'prince', and that he'd received an eviction notice from the residence that he and ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have lived in since 2004.
"Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation," the Palace statement continued. "These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."
It has since been confirmed that the King would be privately funding his brother's move to Sandringham, one of several British royal estates.
As we say, however, a number of onlookers have deemed the upcoming move strangely appropriate for Andrew, given that the prestigious estate was originally purchased for him.
For those in need of a reminder, the Grade II listed historical residence - which has been occupied since the Elizabethan era - was purchased back in 1862 by the monarchy, for King Edward VII (son of Queen Victoria) and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
Under his ownership, the estate developed, with several thousand acres being added to its domain. As well as his keen eye for both design and construction, however, the monarch was famed across the country at the time, for his promiscuity.
Despite being married, Edward VII was widely recognised as a womaniser, having enjoyed a number of extra-marital affairs with aristocratic ladies.
In the grounds of Sandringham, the King supposedly hosted lavish parties away from the eyes of the court, which often included actresses - many of whom were rumoured to be his mistresses.
In secret, Edward VII was said to have visited brothers, with historians often branding the late ruler as something of a model of 19th century impropriety.
With this reputation in mind, it's not difficult to see why some onlookers have noticed an irony in the fact that the former Prince Andrew will become the next royal resident of Sandringham.
Away from the damning child sexual abuse allegations, royal writer recently exposed the father-of-two's supposed sexual proclivities in his 2025 work, Entitled: The Rise And Fall Of The House Of York.
In the book, the commentator described Andrew as a sex 'addict', claiming his research brought him to between 'one thousand' and 'two thousand' women that he'd allegedly been intimate with.
Using the nickname the former Prince has garnered over the years, Lownie claimed 'Randy Andy' had bedded 'more than a dozen women' between his wedding day to Sarah Ferguson, and his first anniversary.