{"id":2113872,"date":"2025-10-24T22:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2113872"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:39:32","slug":"royal-lodge-everything-we-know-about-prince-andrews-30-room-mansion-in-windsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royal-lodge-everything-we-know-about-prince-andrews-30-room-mansion-in-windsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Lodge: Everything we know about Prince Andrew\u2019s 30-room mansion in Windsor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n As the scandal surrounding Britain\u2019s Prince Andrew<\/a> continues to make headlines across the world, many are asking whether the disgraced royal will be able to continue living in Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion that has been his home since 2003.\n <\/p>\n

\n But how much do we know about the sprawling property in Windsor Great Park that is home to Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, and where their daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, spent much of their teenage years?\n <\/p>\n

\n Why does Andrew live in Royal Lodge?
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\n The late Queen Elizabeth II granted Andrew, the third of her four children, the right to live in the lodge, which is officially owned by the Crown Estate. The prince paid \u00a31 million for the property back in 2003, and under the terms of the 75-year lease, due to expire on June 15, 2078, he is expected to pay for any refurbishment work and the maintenance of the surrounding grounds.\n <\/p>\n

\n He was also required upfront to pay \u00a37.5 million ($10 million) to cover necessary refurbishments that were completed in 2005, according to a National Audit Office report.<\/a> According to the lease, signed on August 8, 2003, rent \u201cif demanded\u201d was only required to be \u201cone peppercorn\u201d per annum.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The property sits in an estate of 40 hectares (99 acres) and features a swimming pool, an aviary, six lodge cottages, a gardener\u2019s cottage and accommodation for police protecting the royals to stay in.\n <\/p>\n

\n It is situated within Windsor Great Park, close to Windsor Castle, Frogmore Cottage (where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex previously lived) and Forest Lodge, the Windsor residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales.\n <\/p>\n

\n There has been intense media speculation in recent days over Prince Andrew\u2019s continued occupancy of Royal Lodge. Buckingham Palace and the Crown Estate both declined to comment over reports that he is in talks to leave the residence.\n <\/p>\n

\n A house has stood on the site since at least the 1660s, although it has undergone considerable updates and renovations since then. Its first links with the royal family came in the early 19th century when George IV, then the prince regent, converted the rustic-styled cottage into a hunting lodge and then private retreat. By the mid-1820s it had become known as Royal Lodge.\n <\/p>\n

\n After George died in 1830, much of the structure was pulled down by William IV and it was used as a \u201cgrace and favor\u201d residence for most of the rest of the century.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Royal Chapel was added to the site in 1865, but, though situated within the grounds of the lodge, it does not come under the current lease.\n <\/p>\n

\n The property was rebuilt during the 1930s around a room remaining from George IV\u2019s original cottage.\n <\/p>\n

\n Prince Andrew\u2019s late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, lived in the lodge as a child, moving there with her parents \u2014 then the Duke and Duchess of York \u2014 in 1932. The family remained at Royal Lodge until the duke and duchess were crowned four years later, following the abdication of Edward VIII.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Following her husband\u2019s death in 1952 and the coronation of her daughter, Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother used the Royal Lodge as her Windsor residence until her death in 2002.\n <\/p>\n

\n After his grandmother died, Prince Andrew approached the Crown Estate about acquiring the leasehold on the property. The property was not offered to the wider market because of its sensitive location in the heart of Windsor Great Park and the need for security, given its proximity to the Royal Chapel.\n <\/p>\n

\n What changes has Andrew made?
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\n The renovation work that Andrew carried out on the family property included internal alterations to the tiled ceiling, external repainting, new tarmac for the gate entrance and light fittings and cameras for outside the lodge, according to a planning application lodged with the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.\n <\/p>\n

\n Earlier planning applications show that the local authorities granted permission to build a single-story property to accommodate police officers protecting the site in 1990, and permission was given for the construction of a conservatory in 2001.\n <\/p>\n

\n Also in the grounds is Y Bwthyn Bach, which translates from Welsh as \u201clittle cottage.\u201d The miniature thatched cottage was given by the people of Wales to the late Queen Elizabeth II on her sixth birthday and was where she and her sister, Princess Margaret, played as children \u2014 as did their children and grandchildren.\n <\/p>\n

\n In a 2012 BBC documentary called \u201cThe Diamond Queen,\u201d Princess Beatrice said she and her sister had been \u201clucky enough\u201d to play there together with their cousins as children.\n <\/p>\n

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\n She described it as the \u201cmost glamorous Wendy house ever\u201d and said that she spent about a year overseeing its renovation. This, she said, involved new wiring, new curtains and completely rethatching the cottage to give it a \u201cbit of a spruce-up.\u201d <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n Viewers got to see the princess take host Andrew Marr inside the miniature property, which was fully furnished and complete with furniture, crockery and glassware and a fridge from the 1930s.\n <\/p>\n

\n In 2018, Prince Andrew and his former wife hosted the wedding celebrations for their younger daughter, Eugenie, and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, at the lodge following the official ceremony at St. George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor Castle. <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n In 2020, Eugenie\u2019s sister, Beatrice, tied the knot on the estate itself, marrying Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a small ceremony in the chapel while Covid-19 restrictions were in place.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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