Former Prince Andrew<\/a> was quietly planning an ambitious refurbishment of Royal Lodge<\/a> just a year before his dramatic fall from royal favor, with sources telling OK!<\/em> he had even enlisted the design expertise of his daughter Princess Beatrice<\/a>‘s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi<\/a>, to modernize the crumbling Windsor estate.<\/p>\n Andrew, 65 \u2013 now known only as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after his older brother King Charles<\/a>, 77, stripped him<\/a> of his royal titles in October as punishment<\/a> for his links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> \u2013 had been living at the sprawling 31-room Royal Lodge<\/a> in Windsor Great Park since 2008 when, last year, he began exploring plans to overhaul the 17th-century property.<\/p>\n His 37-year-old daughter Beatrice’s property developer husband Mapelli Mozzi<\/a>, 42, was seen visiting the residence several times in November to advise on potential upgrades<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the time, Andrew was still clinging to his status within the royal fold, even as scrutiny over his ties to Epstein<\/a> intensified.<\/p>\n But after Charles also ordered him out<\/a> of the $40 million Lodge as further punishment for his ties to the late s– trafficker<\/a>, sources have told us Andrew was planning to remain at the mansion for life and was eager to improve its condition.<\/p>\n One insider said: “Before Charles’ order to vacate the Lodge, Andrew felt relief at being permitted to stay put and started thinking long-term, including how to bring the house up to modern standards.”<\/p>\n A palace source added: “Given Edoardo’s experience in high-end property development, it made sense for Andrew to bounce ideas off him about how a house of that scale could be refreshed.”<\/p>\n Mapelli Mozzi, the founder and creative director<\/a> of Banda Property, was well placed to advise on renovations. Royal Lodge has been left to rot for years<\/a>, with visible cracks and mold on exterior walls.<\/p>\n A royal source has acknowledged a “lot of work needs doing,” to restore it to its former glory.<\/p>\n Andrew is now expected to move into a private and much humbler, smaller residence on the King’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, marking his transition into life as a “commoner.”<\/p>\n The episode has also cast a spotlight on Mapelli Mozzi, who shares daughters<\/a> Sienna<\/strong> and Athena<\/strong> with Beatrice, and also has a son, Christopher Woolf<\/strong>, known as Wolfie, with his former partner<\/a> Dara Huang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Beatrice often refers to Wolfie as her “bonus son.”<\/p>\n Since the Epstein crisis<\/a> engulfed his father-in-law, Mapelli Mozzi has kept a low public profile, appearing just once alongside Beatrice at a charity event for Borne in London last November.<\/p>\n Beatrice has continued limited engagements<\/a>, including visits connected to the charity, which holds personal significance as the organization linked to the hospital where she gave birth to Athena.<\/p>\n Friends say Mapelli Mozzi has refocused on his business, primarily using social media primarily to promote Banda Property’s multimillion-dollar developments.<\/p>\n One source said: “Right now, his focus is on keeping things steady for his own family. Whatever role he may once have played in Andrew’s ideas has been completely left behind.”<\/p>\n During his engagement to Beatrice, announced in 2019, Mapelli Mozzi was praised by Andrew<\/a> and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson<\/a>, 66, as a “completely devoted friend” and “loyal young man<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Andrew has been slammed<\/a> for letting Royal Lodge fall into its current state of disrepair.<\/p>\n Sources say Charles has given him to the start of February<\/a> to vacate the sprawling mansion<\/a>, which he has spent years sharing with Ferguson despite the pair being divorced for decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more at OK!<\/a><\/p>\n Get OK!’s biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. Sign up now<\/a>.<\/p>\n FOLLOW OK! ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, entertainment, and pop culture via our WhatsApp channel<\/a>. 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