By Molly Claire Goddard
8:44am PST, Feb 4, 2026
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After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was snapped by paparazzi at Home Park, on the grounds of Windsor Castle, as more information about his involvement with
Jeffrey Epstein was released, King Charles III reportedly insisted his brother relocate to Sandringham as soon as possible. "The sight of him plastered on the front pages, out riding his horse or driving in his car past photographers in Windsor, amid the continued dripping poison of the Epstein files, was just too much," a source told
Daily Mail. "He had to be removed from the public eye. Charles said enough was enough and the message was conveyed to Andrew that it was time for him to head to Norfolk immediately."
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was spotted leisurely riding his horse and reportedly driving away from Windsor Castle, waving at people on the road. "Questions were being asked in royal circles along the lines of 'What's he still doing here?' each time he appeared out riding," the source said. "Someone less arrogant than Andrew would have read the room and kept his head down for a while, but that's not in his makeup, so something had to be done."
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The heat was on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after the Jeffrey Epstein files claimed the late criminal allegedly set the former Duke of York up on a date with an anonymous Russian woman while Epstein was placed on house arrest for soliciting minors into prostitution.
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According to the insider, King Charles III and
Prince William might have known more scandal was on the horizon when they stripped Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his titles and evicted him from Royal Lodge. "It seems clear that William and the King were given some kind of forewarning in intelligence briefings late last year about what was still to come," the source said. "They obviously couldn't share that, and when they evicted Andrew and [his ex-wife]
Sarah Ferguson from Royal Lodge, some people thought it was too harsh. In the light of what's now come out, it looks a more appropriate sanction."
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While Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is in the midst of moving into Marsh Farm, the neighbors aren't happy about their new resident. "I don't like him. No one wants him. Everyone is saying that we don't want him here. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone has the same thoughts," an anonymous neighbor told
Daily Express.
