{"id":777274,"date":"2026-09-20T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777274\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:58:13","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsor-enjoying-norfolk-life-say-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777274\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor enjoying Norfolk life say friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The former Duke of York, who is being investigated by Thames Valley Police, is living at Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has been there since leaving Royal Lodge in Windsor and following his arrest in February.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26129972.fresh-scrutiny-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-investigation\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mr Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> was arrested on his 66th birthday over allegations that he leaked sensitive information to Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York says he feels as though he is living in limbo as a police investigation hangs over his head (Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26006086.prince-edward-visits-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source<\/a> told the Telegraph: &#8220;While Andrew remains under investigation after being arrested by Thames Valley Police seven months ago, he has effectively been living in limbo.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Friends insist he is &#8220;making the most&#8221; of his new life in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25816203.norfolk-bathrobe-company-came-epstein-files\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Norfolk<\/a> and that there is sense of relief at being out of the Windsor &#8220;bubble&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The source also said he &#8220;cannot live his normal life&#8221; or &#8220;stray far beyond his home&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Thames Valley Police confirmed in May that its investigation now includes allegations of sex trafficking.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A police car at the entrance to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor was arrested in February (Image: Gareth Fuller\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25943010.andrew-mountbatten-windsor-given-nickname-norfolk-police\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">close<\/a> to the former prince told the Telegraph: &#8220;While Andrew remains under investigation after being arrested by Thames Valley Police seven months ago, he has effectively been living in limbo.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They added that although he is under no formal conditions, he &#8220;cannot live his normal life&#8221; or &#8220;stray far beyond his home&#8221;.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;In the meantime, Thames Valley Police seems to be no nearer being able to prove an allegation of misconduct in a public office, for which Andrew was detained back in February,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Duke of York, who is being investigated by Thames Valley Police, is living at Marsh Farm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777274","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=777274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}