{"id":610537,"date":"2026-08-31T21:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/610537\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:22:17","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsors-former-home-royal-lodge-could-be-rented-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/610537\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s Former Home Royal Lodge Could Be Rented Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last October, Buckingham Palace announced former Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, would be moving out of Royal Lodge<\/a> and into a property on the Sandringham<\/a> Estate. He formally moved out of Royal Lodge in February 2026 and is now living at Marsh Farm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vacancy at Royal Lodge means the Crown Estate is looking for a new tenant. The Crown Estate<\/a>\u2014a collection of lands and holdings belonging to the British monarch\u2014is reportedly<\/a> searching for a \u201cwealthy individual\u201d to rent Royal Lodge starting this October.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reported<\/a> that despite rumors King Charles or Queen Camilla \u201ccould take over the Windsor property…royal sources insisted that no members of the Royal Family have expressed an interest in the 30-room mansion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paper noted, \u201cInstead, it will become a private residence \u2013 the caveat being that its next tenant will need to be able to afford its estimated \u00a3400,000-a-year upkeep. Another sticking point is the fact that Andrew officially still owns the lease of Royal Lodge until the end of October, which means no renovations can take place until that point \u2013 unless he agrees to offload the lease a month early. But if he does so, it would potentially leave the Crown Estate with a bill for its monthly costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mountbatten-Windsor leased Royal Lodge starting in 2003. He paid \u201cone peppercorn (if demanded)\u201d in rent per year to the Crown Estate, a phrase used to signify that rent technically exists to make the lease valid but in actuality means no money is paid. The estimated upkeep on the property is around \u00a3400,000 ($541,676) a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Crown Estate’s statutory duties require it to preserve the character of the estate as a royal park and forest. That means it has had to rule out turning it into a conference centre or commercial venture,\u201d a source told the Mail. \u201cThe whole operation is going to cost the Crown Estate a lot of money and time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read Last October, Buckingham Palace announced former Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, would be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[144978,1105,258775,1107,93,61,60,184510,1106,144979,258774,223989,144977],"class_list":["post-610537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-collection-royal-family-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-e129cf4e-4222-407a-b3c6-40217619ebef","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-andrews-former-home-could-be-up-for-rent-soon","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610537","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=610537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}