ANDREW has been forced to leave Royal Lodge and stripped of his titles.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the ex-Prince, 65, will have to quit the sprawling 31-bedroom mansion after tensions reached boiling point this week.
The full Palace statement read: “His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.
“Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge had, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.
“Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation.
“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.
“Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”
It has not been specified exactly where Andrew will move to, but speculation has surrounded Frogmore Cottage.
Workmen and decorators have recently been seen working round the clock at the property.
The 65-year-old Prince was first offered the Grade-II listed home when Prince Harry and wife Meghan were ordered to leave it in January 2023.
Andrew had a lease at Royal Lodge running to 2078, and could receive a huge settlement by leaving early.
He has paid no rent for 20 years. Sarah has also been living there since 2008, despite them getting divorced in 1996.
Grade II-listed Royal Lodge has a garden the size of around 60 football pitches and gated entry manned by security as it is surrounded by Windsor Great Park.
The Georgian mansion — which has had protesters at its gates demanding an end to “royal secrecy” over the Epstein affair — is laid out over three storeys with a two-storey wing. It features a drawing room, conservatory, seven bedrooms and 15-metre-long saloon.
Andrew took on the lease from his gran, the Queen Mother, and spent £7.5million on renovations when he moved in 22 years ago.
Although it is owned by the Crown Estate, it would fetch up to £30million on the open market — far more than Frogmore and Adelaide cottages combined.
Work across the estate at Frogmore Cottage in 2019 initially cost the taxpayer £2.4million.
Meanwhile Sarah Ferguson, 66, had reportedly asked for Adelaide Cottage after Prince William and wife Kate’s expected move to Forest Lodge early next month.
Yet a source close to Fergie maintained it was the palace who first offered her Adelaide Cottage in May.
But Royal sources instantly hit back to shoot down her claims — saying Adelaide Cottage was never offered to the ex-Duchess of York.
The same sources did not deny that Fergie herself had asked for the beautiful property, which is just a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle.
Prince William was even dragged into the bitter housing row with claims he sought to put pressure on Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice to persuade their parents to quit Royal Lodge.
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