• In October, King Charles stripped his younger brother Prince Andrew of all royal titles and privileges, leaving him a commoner known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
  • In addition to his titles being stripped, Andrew is also being forced to vacate his home, Royal Lodge, where he’s lived for 23 years.
  • The general school of thought is that Andrew is headed for Sandringham—but there might be a surprising location he’s considering, too.

Much ado has been made about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor relocating from his 30-room mansion Royal Lodge to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk—but according to a new report, that might not necessarily happen after all.

As news emerged that the former Prince Andrew was due to head to Sandringham by Easter, a new report from People suggests that he could actually end up living overseas—in the Middle East, specifically. Royal biographer Robert Jobson said that a hint might be found in King Charles’s recent meeting with the King of Bahrain, telling the outlet, “The King saw the King of Bahrain the other day. One never knows—it could be a place where Andrew gets the recognition of being the second son of Queen Elizabeth, rather than this,” referring to the fallout surrounding his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and King Charles on September 16, 2025.

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Jobson noted that a royal relocation to the Middle East isn’t without precedent, as Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I has lived in Abu Dhabi since 2020 following scandals surrounding his finances.

“Other disgraced people have gone to the Middle East,” Jobson said. “Andrew did a lot of business in Bahrain, and he’s still relatively young.” (He will turn 66 years old on February 19.)

As for moving to Sandringham, royal biographer Andrew Lownie told People, “He doesn’t like the sound of being on the Sandringham estate. I think he wants to go somewhere where he can just get away from everything.” Jobson agreed, adding, “I just can’t see him being on an isolated farm in Sandringham.”

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on April 11, 2021.

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One source who has spent time at Sandringham told The Telegraph that “it’s going to be a lonely life for him. It’s a working farm, so there are always people around—but there are staff, and he’s not someone who has a track record of being friendly with servants.”

“I wouldn’t want to live there the whole time,” the insider added. “It’s remote, there is the wind whipping in from The Wash, it’s cold, and he will be pretty much stuck there. It does have a certain beauty, but life will be bleak for him.”

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on March 31, 2024.

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In addition to his accommodations being far less than the 30-room mansion he’s lived in since 2003, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Guardian that life without his royal titles and privileges—which King Charles stripped him of last October—“will be pretty well a living hell for him, given his particular fondness for titles and his entitled attitude.”

Royal biographer Robert Hardman further summed it up, telling Sky News that Andrew “has been treated as an enemy of the state, effectively.”