{"id":149022,"date":"2025-10-28T05:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/149022\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T05:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:55:16","slug":"britains-prince-andrew-and-ex-wife-sarah-ferguson-agree-deal-to-leave-royal-mansion-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/149022\/","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 home 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.<\/p>\n

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

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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<\/p>\n

The source added: \u201cIt\u2019s incredible that they [Andrew and Sarah] are willing to go their own separate ways.<\/p>\n

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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 \u2013 which boasts five bedrooms, two orangeries and a yoga studio \u2013 is \u201ctoo small\u201d for both of them.<\/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 Beatrice (37) and Eugenie (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 \u00a37.5m (\u20ac6.4m) on renovations, although indignation has mounted in recent weeks over his minimal rental payments.<\/p>\n

This article was updated at 4.30pm on October 27, 2025 to correct the ages of Beatrice and Eugenie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The disgraced royal (65) will voluntarily leave the 30-room country home amid the continued outcry over his \u201cpeppercorn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,15098,3479,5091,15156,5092,3480],"class_list":{"0":"post-149022","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-jeffrey-epstein","13":"tag-kate-middleton","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-prince-andrew","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-prince-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115450251063832248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149022","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=149022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}