By Molly Claire Goddard
12:02pm PST, Feb 16, 2026
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After being stripped of his titles and forced out of Royal Lodge, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor cannot accept his fall from grace. "Andrew is having difficulty acknowledging reality and it was increasingly causing concern at the Palace — both as a sign of his mental state and because it wouldn't play well with the public witnessing him still enjoying the trappings of royalty," a source told
Daily Mail about the former Duke of York being photographed riding his horse around Windsor.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's horse trot around Windsor reportedly infuriated King Charles III, prompting him to immediately relocate his younger brother to Sandringham. "Waving at the public harked back to his royal days when he was used to adulation and respect," the source said. "It [the move] was hastily arranged and done under the radar, leaving Royal Lodge staff to pack up what remains of Andrew's belongings."
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According to the source, King Charles III and
Prince William made the "urgent discussion" to "extract him [Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor] and send him into exile" as soon as possible.
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Upon Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrival in Sandringham, he was greeted by signs warning of his relocation to the area. "Public safety announcement. Sweaty nonce in the area. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor [previously Prince Andrew]," one poster read in a video shared to
Instagram. "Close friend of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein."
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After more files related to Jeffrey Epstein were released, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was shown in pictures hovering over an anonymous female lying on the ground. "These photos of Andrew with an unidentified woman in the files linked to the deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, coming after a recently released photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lying across four women at Sandringham, will bring more embarrassment for the royal family," royal expert
Richard Fitzwilliams told
Daily Express. "We don't know when they were taken or the context and he has denied all wrongdoing, but they will seem extremely d******, especially to a public, where, in the latest YouGov poll, he [Andrew] has only 6% support."
