{"id":147672,"date":"2025-10-27T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/147672\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:12:10","slug":"britains-prince-andrew-and-ex-wife-sarah-ferguson-agree-deal-to-leave-royal-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/147672\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson agree deal to leave royal mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The disgraced royal, 65, will voluntarily leave the 30-room country amid the continued outcry over his \u201cpeppercorn rent\u201d, royal sources have said.<\/p>\n

It comes after the pair, who divorced in 1996, agreed to relinquish their titles over their past relationship with the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

But Andrew wants to live in Frogmore Cottage in exchange for his departure from the Grade II-listed mansion, for which he has a private tenancy with the Crown Estate, it is claimed. The separated couple\u2019s old residence in Home Park sits just three miles away from Windsor Great Park.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Andrew\u2019s ex-wife Fergie, 66, has allegedly set her sights on nearby Adelaide Cottage, the current home of the Prince and Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n

William and Kate, both 43, are set to move with their children George, 12, Charlotte, 9, and Louis, 6, to Forest Lodge next month.<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Prince Andrew: PA<\/p>\n

News in 90 Seconds \u2013 October 27th 2025 <\/p>\n

A friend of theirs has told The Sun newspaper: \u201cNo one is really sure how it\u2019s going to go down at the Palace yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Andrew) is realistic and knows the writing is on the wall and that his time at Royal Lodge is up.\u201d The source added: \u201cIt\u2019s incredible that they (Andrew and Sarah) are willing to go their own separate ways.<\/p>\n

\"<\/p>\n

Sarah Ferguson: PA<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it indicates that they have been under immense strain this year and need a break from one another. It\u2019s a fresh start for both.\u201d The friend argues that Frogmore Cottage \u2014 which boasts five bedrooms, two orangeries and a yoga studio \u2014 is \u201ctoo small\u201d for the duo.<\/p>\n

They also stated that the two cottages are a just stone\u2019s throw away from each other, which gives them a \u201cspace\u201d for their daughters Eugenie, 37, and Beatrice, 35, to visit.<\/p>\n

It is understood that Andrew was first offered Frogmore Cottage two years ago when Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, were evicted following their move to the United States.<\/p>\n

In 2003, Andrew took on the lease for Royal Lodge from the Queen Mother and spent \u00a37.5million on renovations, although indignation has mounted in recent weeks over his minimal rental payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The disgraced royal, 65, will voluntarily leave the 30-room country amid the continued outcry over his \u201cpeppercorn rent\u201d,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,15156],"class_list":{"0":"post-147672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-prince-andrew"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115445835438313600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}