{"id":457683,"date":"2026-02-04T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/457683\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:06:11","slug":"ex-prince-andrew-leaves-windsor-home-as-british-police-investigate-latest-epstein-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/457683\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-prince Andrew leaves Windsor home as British police investigate latest Epstein revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of his palatial home in Windsor as British police say they are reviewing fresh claims about his links to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-02-04\/sarah-ferguson-emails-to-jeffrey-epstein-revealed\/106302466\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson wanted Epstein to meet woman with &#8216;great body&#8217; <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Emails contained in the Epstein files show former British royal Sarah Ferguson told the convicted child sex offender she knew a &#8220;single&#8221; woman with a &#8220;great body&#8221; he should meet, weeks after his 2009 release from prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The former prince was moved under the cover of darkness on Monday, local time, and driven to a cottage at the king&#8217;s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, a royal source told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">New files related to Epstein, published by the US Department of Justice last Friday, included emails suggesting that the disgraced financier arranged for a woman to have sex with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor at his home at the Royal Lodge in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We are aware of reports about a woman said to have been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes,&#8221; a spokesperson for Thames Valley Police told the ABC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;At this time, these allegations have not been reported to Thames Valley Police by either the lawyer or their client.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We are assessing the information in line with our established procedures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The statement from the police said it takes &#8220;reports of sexual crimes extremely seriously&#8221; and asked the public to come forward if they had any information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-02\/former-prince-andrew-stripped-of-remaining-royal-titles\/106090242\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former prince Andrew stripped of remaining royal titles<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, has been stripped by King Charles of his remaining royal titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-01-31\/more-epstein-files-released-by-us-department-of-justice\/106021136\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106021136\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest files<\/a> also suggest Mr Mountbatten-Windsor maintained regular contact with Epstein for more than two years after the American was found guilty of child sex crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The former prince has denied wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">King Charles privately owns the Sandringham Estate and will pay the costs of his brother&#8217;s new home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s new home is believed to be Marsh Farm, but he is currently living at Wood Farm Cottage on the Sandringham Estate until renovations are complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The former Duke of York is expected to return to Windsor to collect the remainder of his belongings, but his permanent base is now in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor rides a horse in Windsor Great Park\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88baf5c00d4c4db3d8d915b77ee515db.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen riding a horse in Windsor before moving out. (Reuters: Toby Melville)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was seen in Windsor on Monday riding on horseback close to his previous home, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He was also photographed driving away from Windsor Castle, waving at passers-by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Charles stripped his brother of his titles in October and said he would be moved after details emerged of his ongoing relationship with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In October, Buckingham Palace released a statement saying &#8220;formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of his palatial home in Windsor as British police say they are reviewing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[149661,64,63,235676,134,5634,235677],"class_list":["post-457683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-british-police","tag-entertainment","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-thames-valley-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}