The high-profile photos would have been afforded further embarrassment to the Royal Family if they had featured the disgraced former prince.
One source said: “He won’t be anywhere near the Big House [the nickname given to the monarch’s home at Sandringham].”
Andrew will move onto a smaller property on the Sandringham estate into permanent exile after the New Year, it is reported.
He will be moving “as soon as is practicable” but the task is said to be complicated by the length of time that Andrew has spent at the Royal Lodge.
Moving to his new home is reported to be “quite a substantial logistical process” according to the Mirror.
The news comes after a bombshell report claimed that paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly plotted to kill Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson because “they knew too much”.
The claims were made by historian Andrew Lownie, who wrote Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.
Mr Lownie alleges that Jeffrey Epstein sought to silence the former Royals while he was serving time in prison ahead of his death in 2019.
He made the claims on The Daily Beast podcast.
Mr Lownie said: “He spoke to a hitman who was a former member of the British SAS and said he wanted the Yorks dead.
“He wanted to remove them. I’ve been told this by two reliable sources, one in Paris and a former FBI agent in Florida, and I can believe it’s true.
“Epstein said all sorts of things, and you can’t always believe what he said.”