{"id":450860,"date":"2026-02-28T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450860\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:32:09","slug":"im-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-friend-hes-fuming-at-two-family-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450860\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s friend \u2013 he&#8217;s fuming at two family members&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has denied all the allegations that have been made against him, and is said to be blaming two members of the royal family for his &#8216;unfair&#8217; treatment<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Britan-Epstein-Andrew-26050372103692.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Andrew blames his brother and his nephew for his current woes\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Andrew blames his brother and his nephew for his current woes(Image: AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Stripped of his honours and titles, and expelled from his beloved Royal Lodge, <a aria-label=\"Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> is said to be fuming at two members of the <a aria-label=\"Royal FamilyLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/royal-family\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Family<\/a>, who he blames for his current woes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A friend of the former prince reportedly told royal expert Richard Eden that Andrew feels he\u2019s been massively wronged: \u201cHe\u2019s really insistent that he can and will clear his name,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It comes after Andrew was taken into police custody earlier this month for questioning on suspicion of misconduct in public office, before being released pending further investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Writing in the Daily Mail, Richard says that despite the fact that <a aria-label=\"King CharlesLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/king-charles-iii\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a> continues to support his brother financially, and has offered him the use of the five-bedroom Marsh Farm on his Sandringham estate in Norfolk, Andrew feels let down by the monarch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHis view is that he has been unfairly \u2013 even brutally \u2013 treated, and the person he blames for this is the King,\u201d Andrew\u2019s friend says, claiming that the ex-Duke of York often launches into foul-mouthed tirades against not only his brother, but heir to the throne <a aria-label=\"Prince WilliamLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-william\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Prince William<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Furious at what he sees as a great injustice, Andrew reportedly spends his days seething at his family: \u201cIt\u2019s as though he\u2019s deliberately blocked out the outside world,\u201d the friend adds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Aylsham-Police-Station-amid-a-report-of-an-arrest-in-Aylsham.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Andrew is struggling to believe his current predicament\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Andrew is struggling to believe his current predicament(Image: REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Much of Andrew\u2019s anger has been due to losing his home at Royal Lodge. His older sister Princess Anne enjoys not only Gatcombe Park, which sits in over 200 acres of Gloucestershire countryside, but also has use of an apartment in St. James&#8217;s Palace. Meanwhile Andrew\u2019s brother Edward\u2019s Bagshot Park reportedly boasts an incredible 120 rooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">By contrast, Royal Lodge is a comparatively modest residence, with a mere 30 rooms, but nevertheless, Andrew was said to have been immensely fond of the place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He showed it off to Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein as part of his daughter Beatrice&#8217;s masked ball 18th birthday celebrations in 2006, when the disgraced late financier had already been the target of a US arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Andrew later told BBC Newsnight that he had been oblivious to convicted paedophile Epstein\u2019s misdeeds at the time: \u201cCertainly I wasn\u2019t aware when the invitation was issued what was going on in the United States, and I wasn\u2019t aware until the media picked up on it because he never said anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marsh Farm \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Andrew-Mounbatten-Windsor-Epstein-files-scandal.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Marsh Farm is a significant downgrade from Royal Lodge\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Marsh Farm is a significant downgrade from Royal Lodge(Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While Andrew\u2019s property downgrade has been on the cards for some time, he was at least in line for some more impressive accommodation before Marsh Farm was eventually chosen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There were widespread reports that Andrew might be moving to Frogmore Cottage, the five-bedroom house that had once been occupied by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and given a stylish makeover by former Soho House interior decorator Vicky Charles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Later, there were rumours that Adelaide Cottage, the former home of the Prince and Princess of Wales, might have been handed on to Andrew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But now, the cottage on the edge of the Sandringham Estate has been earmarked for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has denied all the allegations that have been made against him, and is said to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[99770,96,59,2179,984,100,102487,983,120,223,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-450860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-ghislaine-maxwell","12":"tag-king-charles-iii","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-newsnight","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}