LONDON – Prince Andrew is facing mounting pressure to quit Royal Lodge before the Prince and Princess of Wales move into their nearby ‘forever home’, it has been claimed.
Royal sources have told this newspaper that William and Kate want to move into Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park before Bonfire Night.
The eight-bedroom home is just over a mile from Royal Lodge, where Andrew has lived for more than 20 years and William is said to want his disgraced uncle out of his 30-room mansion by the time they move in.
Negotiations over the prince’s living arrangements are taking place on a daily basis, amid a public outcry after it emerged he only pays a ‘peppercorn rent’ on the lavish property.
Andrew cannot legally be evicted from Royal Lodge under the terms of his ‘cast iron’ lease, but palace insiders believe he will inevitably have to move out because of the scale of public anger.
William and Kate are said to be keen to use the half-term break to prepare their children George, 12, Charlotte, 10, and Louis, seven, for their house move.
A source said: ‘‘Catherine shudders at the thought of living so close to Royal Lodge while Prince Andrew is still in it. William wants him gone before they start to move in next week. It’s not about what Andrew doesn’t want to do anymore. It’s about what he’s going to be told to do.’’
The Waleses moved from an apartment in Kensington Palace to Adelaide Cottage, which is just over three miles from Forest Lodge, in August 2022.
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