{"id":107200,"date":"2025-10-27T20:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/107200\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:28:08","slug":"kate-middleton-and-prince-william-unlikely-to-welcome-fergie-and-andrew-as-neighbours-amid-windsor-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/107200\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William &#8216;unlikely to welcome Fergie and Andrew as neighbours&#8217; amid Windsor reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Princess Kate and Prince William are &#8220;unlikely to welcome Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew as neighbours&#8221; amid the upcoming Windsor reshuffle, a royal commentator has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that Fergie may soon move into Adelaide Cottage, the Windsor residence soon to be vacated by the Prince and Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Andrew is lined up to occupy Frogmore Cottage, formerly the home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, according to reports in the Sun.<\/p>\n<p>The arrangements, if they go ahead, would keep the pair on the Windsor estate, but raise fresh tensions over proximity to Kate and William.<\/p>\n<p>The pair\u2019s possible relocation comes amid mounting pressure on Andrew to vacate his current home, Royal Lodge, a 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park he has occupied for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams spoke exclusively to GB News about how William and Kate might feel about Fergie as a neighbour. <\/p>\n<p>He claimed: \u201cCan you imagine her as a neighbour? The Waleses wouldn\u2019t want Sarah Ferguson or Andrew anywhere near them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere might be something that could be done with one of the royal homes (Frogmore Cottage or Adelaide Cottage), of course.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"653d6\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"abaa2886fa7797ec6416b590b9046a90\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20712'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/princess-kate-and-prince-william.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" alt=\"Princess Kate and Prince William\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate and Prince William &#8216;unlikely to welcome Fergie and Andrew as neighbours&#8217; amid Windsor reshuffle<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, Andrew and Sarah have got to go somewhere. Abroad would be an excellent idea, Abu Dhabi or Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut just being practical for a moment, the idea that someone who has behaved as she has thought this up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s extraordinary is that we\u2019ve had 14 or 15 years of scams. People are absolutely sick of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Fitzwilliams added: \u201cHe gets five per cent approval in the polls. Politicians are very restless.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ea35c\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c6766c82469c30bd05fb1486bb89f95a\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202974%201492'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/frogmore-cottage.jpg\" width=\"2974\" height=\"1492\" alt=\"Frogmore Cottage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Frogmore Cottage (pictured) and Adelaide Cottage are thought to be available for Andrew and Fergie<\/p>\n<p> | PA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd Davey, this morning, was talking about the importance of the monarchy being transparent, the possibility that they might have a debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has been talking about asking Andrew to testify or whatever. Congress has been discussing this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd of course, there\u2019s a police investigation going on about what he asked his personal assistant to ask a personal bodyguard to research about Virginia Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the heart of all this, with reference to the homes \u2014 they\u2019ve got to live somewhere, sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou give up one (Royal Lodge), which has 30 rooms, and then you take two (Frogmore Cottage and Adelaide Cottage).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe irony is, of course, that this is the world\u2019s most happily divorced couple, according to her. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, they don\u2019t seem to want to live together, even if it is around the corner. Now, they\u2019re both in disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposed move of Fergie into Adelaide Cottage is seen as especially provocative since William and Kate plan to relocate to Forest Lodge by early November.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah, who has not been a working royal for decades, remains a subject of public scrutiny and media criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew\u2019s exit from Royal Lodge is also complex. <\/p>\n<p>Despite a lease that runs to 2078 and minimal rent, he is understood to be willing to leave only if his terms are met \u2014 namely, access to Frogmore Cottage or a similar residence.<\/p>\n<p>As negotiations continue behind Palace walls, the outcome of the housing shuffle in Windsor will likely be watched closely by the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate and Prince William are &#8220;unlikely to welcome Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew as neighbours&#8221; amid the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,4775,11184,624,53245,14108],"class_list":["post-107200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kate-middleton","tag-prince-andrew","tag-prince-william","tag-royal","tag-sarah-ferguson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}