{"id":129331,"date":"2025-11-12T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/129331\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:55:09","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsor-where-will-the-former-prince-spend-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/129331\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten Windsor: Where will the former prince spend Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Halloween decorations have been taken down. Bonfire night has been and gone. Mariah Carey is warming up her voice.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (Toby Melville\/PA)<\/p>\n

PA Wire<\/p>\n

But is that where Andrew will be tucking into his turkey? Where will the rest of his family be? And where to, and when, will he be moving out? <\/p>\n

Where will Andrew spend Christmas?<\/p>\n

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The then-prince of Wales, then-duke and duchess of Cambridge, and the Sussexes attend the Christmas Day morning church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in 2018 (Joe Giddens\/PA)<\/p>\n

PA Archive<\/p>\n

He may spend a final Christmas at Royal Lodge, as he and former wife Sarah Ferguson<\/a> did last year. <\/p>\n

Andrew and Sarah live together at the 30-room property, but are understood to live completely separate lives.<\/p>\n

Royal biographer Ingrid Seward said: “It is a very difficult situation with Andrew and Christmas. But I cannot see them leaving him on his own – someone will scoop him up.”<\/p>\n

The Standard have reached out to Andrew\u2019s press office for comment, but they have not responded.<\/p>\n

Where will Sarah, Beatrice and Eugenie be for Christmas?<\/p>\n

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Princess Eugenie and Beatrice have not been affected by their father losing his titles. Theo Wood\/PA<\/p>\n

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When Andrew withdrew from last year’s gathering amid growing controversy, his younger daughter Princess Eugenie avoided the royal\u2019s public church walk on Christmas Day, although elder daughter Princess Beatrice did participate.<\/p>\n

Sarah\u2019s plans<\/a> for this year are currently unknown – she could spend Christmas abroad, with friends, or with Andrew at Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n

Where will the rest of the Royal family be?<\/p>\n

Christmas represents one of the most significant occasions in the Royal calendar, and as is tradition<\/a> the bulk of the Royals will be spending Christmas at Sandringham House, their private estate in Norfolk, which has been the custom since 1988.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of Sandringham Estate (PA)<\/p>\n

Typically, the family gathers during the evening on Christmas Eve to exchange gifts, before joining the public on Christmas morning for a church service. <\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s current residence, Royal Lodge is a Grade II-listed historic house in Windsor Great Park.<\/p>\n

\"Royals<\/p>\n

The Queen Mother lived there from 1952 until her death in 2002, and it has served as Andrew\u2019s official residence since 2004.<\/p>\n

When will Andrew move out?<\/p>\n

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Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will now be living apart (Chris Jackson\/PA)<\/p>\n

PA Archive<\/p>\n

It is believed he will relocate to a property on the Sandringham estate, with King Charles covering the costs. <\/p>\n

It is thought the move won\u2019t occur until after Christmas<\/a> as to avoid any encounters with other Royals over the festive period. <\/p>\n

Sarah will be making her own living arrangements after leaving Royal Lodge – while her plans aren\u2019t currently known, she and Andrew will not continue to live together.<\/p>\n

What are the accusations against Andrew?<\/p>\n

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Andrew continues to deny all accusations levelled against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Halloween decorations have been taken down. Bonfire night has been and gone. Mariah Carey is warming up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,66957,7537,70566,10938],"class_list":["post-129331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-prince-edward","tag-royal-family","tag-sandringham","tag-sarah-ferguson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}