PRINCE Edward and his wife Sophie had to use a “holiday let” at Sandringham — because Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor refuses to budge.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh wanted Wood Farm, where Andrew is holed up, for their regular Easter break but were forced to stay in a cottage.
Edward, 62, visited his sibling for a “quiet word” about hurrying up his move to neighbouring Marsh Farm amid fears he was “dragging his heels”, as we revealed.
But the Edinburghs had to stay in the estate’s Gardens House — which costs up to £4,110 a week in the high season.
An insider said: “Andrew was evicted from Royal Lodge at Windsor but now has two homes at his disposal.
“He is just going back and forth between Wood Farm and Marsh Farm.
“It’s got to be sorted as Edward and Sophie like to use Wood Farm.”
The Gardens House was once home to the estate’s head gardener.
It sleeps eight and is 300 yards from the main Sandringham House which is open to visitors at this time of the year.
Builders have been working flat out and luxury carpets have been fitted along with fast broadband.
Over the last couple of weeks hundreds of boxes of his belongings have been delivered, many with HRH written on the side.
The palace insisted he was expected to finalise his Marsh Farm exile by Easter and the move is said to be “imminent”.
