Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may soon discover that losing a mansion can be just as messy as keeping one especially when experts are already warning the fallout could spectacularly backfire.
A leading property insider has sounded the alarm over Royal Lodge’s future, arguing that whoever replaces Andrew and Sarah Ferguson will need to be “heavily vetted” before they’re allowed within sniffing distance of the sprawling Windsor estate.
Buying agent Robin Edwards issued the pointed warning just weeks after Buckingham Palace officially told Andrew his longtime royal bolthole was no longer his to occupy.
On October 30, the Palace delivered what may be the most unwelcome letter Andrew’s received since the one inviting him to chat with the FBI.
The statement declared that the Royal Lodge lease which had previously given him ironclad protection was now being surrendered, and Andrew would be moving to “alternative private accommodation.”
GB News tells the former duke is expected to pack his bags for the Sandringham estate, better known as the Royal Family’s festive gathering spot.
Mr Edwards isn’t ruling out the possibility that Royal Lodge could simply be handed over to someone already in the royal friendship group once Andrew and Sarah Ferguson finally hand back the keys.
Speaking exclusively to GB News, the Curetons buying agent suggested the Crown may lean on familiar faces when choosing the next lucky tenant.
“There is the potential that Royal Lodge could be leased to a close friend or connection of the Royal Family,” he said.
To make his point, Edwards pointed to a royal precedent hiding in plain sight, Fort Belvedere, the former home of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, and the place where the King famously signed away the throne in 1936.
The Crown Estate didn’t turn it into a museum or Airbnb instead, it’s been quietly leased to the billionaire Weston family since the early 1980s.
According to him, the Westons have long been woven into the royal social fabric. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother often had them over at Royal Lodge, and Queen Elizabeth II herself was said to be a guest at the fort.
