Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed driving in Windsor today wearing a Grenadier Guards jumper as he prepares to move out of Royal Lodge.
The former Duke of York was behind the wheel of a Range Rover wearing the purple sweatshirt featuring the infantry regiment’s cypher as he drove near the Long Walk.
Andrew used to be Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, but this was one of the military titles he lost when they were returned to Queen Elizabeth II in January 2022.
He was stripped of his honorary affiliations with the armed forces after calls from 150 veterans for the then-monarch to remove his eight British military appointments.
The role with one of the British Army’s oldest regiments was vacant until December that year when Queen Camilla took it on, three months after Elizabeth II’s death.
Andrew – who will move to Norfolk in the coming days – had held the appointment for just over four years, having taken it on from Prince Philip in December 2017.
As Andrew’s deadline to leave Royal Lodge looms, his remaining friends are said to be increasingly worried about the ‘fragile’ state of him and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
The pair, shamed by their association with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, face an uncertain future as they leave the rent-free property in Windsor this Friday.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor wears a Grenadier Guards jumper in Windsor this morning
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is seen behind the wheel of a Range Rover in Windsor today
Andrew’s pariah status was seemingly confirmed last week by news that Princess Eugenie has cut off all contact with him in the wake of the Epstein scandal.
He is preparing to move to Norfolk within the next week – although his eventual home on the Sandringham estate, Marsh Farm, is still being worked on by builders.
Andrew is expected to live in Sandringham House until Marsh Farm is ready around Easter – while his current staff employed at Royal Lodge are being made redundant.
Andrew reportedly wanted to live at Wood Farm on Sandringham, but there were allegedly concerns that would leave him too close to the rest of the Royal Family.
The disgraced former duke was forced to give up Royal Lodge after an outcry when it emerged he had been paying a peppercorn rent for the property.
A 6ft wooden fence has been put up around a section of Marsh Farm in Wolferton, where the hedge is thin, while a digger has been working in the grounds.
Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate this month, which is thought to be Andrew’s next home
Andrew has lived at the 30-bedroom property Royal Lodge in Windsor since 2003 (file image)
The property has been empty for several years and is being renovated to make it habitable before Andrew is expected to move there.
Marsh Farm is around two miles from the King’s Sandringham House.
The former prince was stripped of his remaining titles last year after the posthumous release of Virginia Giuffre’s book Nobody’s Girl.
The memoir, which gives her account of being trafficked by Epstein, includes allegations against a number of other individuals including Andrew.
The book details previous claims that she was forced to have sex with the former prince on three occasions, including when she was 17.
Andrew vehemently denies the allegations.
He paid millions to Ms Giuffre to settle a civil sexual assault case, despite claiming never to have met her.
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