Former Prince Andrew moves out of royal residence, Windsor's Royal Lodge
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, has moved out of his royal residence, ABC News has confirmed.
Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles III, is no longer living at Royal Lodge, a 30-room mansion on the grounds of Windsor Estate, where he has lived for over 20 years.
Mountbatten-Windsor will now live permanently on the king's privately owned Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, over 100 miles away from his previous home.
Buckingham Palace has not commented on Mountbatten-Windsor's move. The former prince was photographed riding his horse in Windsor Great Park, near Royal Lodge, on Monday.
The plans for the move began in October, when Buckingham Palace announced that Charles had initiated the process of removing Mountbatten-Windsor's "style, titles and honours," including his "prince" title.
At that time, the palace confirmed Mountbatten-Windsor would also move out of Royal Lodge, saying in a statement, "His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation."
The palace's announcement in October was seen as the latest fallout from Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mountbatten-Windsor's official departure from Royal Lodge this week comes just after the U.S. Department of Justice publicly released 3 million pages of documents related to Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minor girls.
Mountbatten-Windsor's name shows up in the documents in his communications with Epstein, including correspondence in 2010 after Epstein concluded a 13-month jail sentence and work release -- the result of a 2008 plea bargain with federal prosecutors in Florida.
The documents also show the two men communicated beyond the time that Mountbatten-Windsor said publicly that he had cut ties with Epstein.
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Mountbatten-Windsor for comment.
The former prince has repeatedly denied wrongdoing with respect to Epstein.
