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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has officially begun his royal exile after finally moving out of his sprawling Windsor mansion in the dead of the night.<\/p>\n
The Sun<\/a> reports that three months after the former prince was handed his eviction notice from the 31-room Royal Lodge by the King, he is now at his temporary accommodation, the much more modest Wood Farm Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.<\/p>\n Andrew will relocate permanently to the nearby Marsh Farm in April once renovations there have been finished. It was thought that he would stay at Royal Lodge until the works were done, but was reportedly pressured to pack up and get out earlier than expected as the King became \u201cincreasingly concerned with shocking revelations\u201d regarding Andrew, according to the publication.<\/p>\n Have your say in The Great Aussie Debate. Take the survey here:<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cHe had planned to cling on at Royal Lodge a little longer but with the latest batch of Epstein files it was made clear to him that it was time to go,\u201d a friend of Andrew\u2019s told The Sun.<\/p>\n \u201cLeaving was so humiliating for him that he chose to do it under the cover of darkness.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn\u2019t want to have a big emotional goodbye even though Royal Lodge is a place where he had so many family memories.<\/p>\n \u201cTheoretically he could have stayed until Marsh Farm was ready but the headlines were only getting worse. Also, the fact he\u2019s been seen driving around Windsor laughing and looking like he hasn\u2019t a care in the world hasn\u2019t gone down well with the Royal Household.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE:<\/b> Trashed Queen\u2019s lodge: Andrew\u2019s home now<\/a><\/p>\n It has now been reported by The Guardian<\/a> that British police are to review fresh allegations that late convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly sent a woman to the UK to have sex with Andrew at the Royal Lodge in 2010. <\/p>\n According to the masthead, the woman claimed over the weekend via her US lawyer, Brad Edwards, that she spent the night at the then-prince\u2019s residence in Windsor. The woman, who is not British, was said to be in her 20s at the time. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are aware of reports about a woman said to have been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes. We are assessing the information in line with our established procedures,\u201d a Thames Valley police spokesperson said in a statement to The Guardian. <\/p>\n \u201cWe take any reports of sexual crimes extremely seriously and encourage anyone with information to come forward. At this time, these allegations have not been reported to Thames Valley police by either the lawyer [of the woman] or their client.\u201d<\/p>\n The relocation and subsequent police investigation followed weeks of controversy surrounding rent payments to the Crown Estate, which leased the property.<\/p>\n Andrew was last photographed Monday riding horseback near Royal Lodge and later driving from Windsor Castle, waving at onlookers. He\u2019s expected to return to Windsor in coming weeks to collect remaining belongings, though Norfolk is now his permanent base.<\/p>\n The Sandringham Estate is privately owned by the King, who will cover costs for his brother\u2019s new accommodation.<\/p>\n MORE:<\/b> $57m Queen lodge now a dump under Prince Andrew<\/a><\/p>\n Senior royal breaks ranks over Andrew<\/b><\/p>\n Prince Edward has urged people to \u201cremember the victims\u201d in the first public remarks made by a senior royal on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal currently engulfing his brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n The Duke of Edinburgh appeared at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, where he was asked by celebrity.land reporter Eleni Giokos how he was coping in the wake of the explosive new details about Andrew\u2019s friendship with the convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, with the best will in the world,\u201d the King\u2019s youngest sibling responded.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not sure this is the audience that is probably the least interested in that.<\/p>\n \u201cThey all came here to listen to education, solving the future, but no, I think it\u2019s all really important always to remember the victims and who are the victims in all this?<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of victims in this.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE:<\/b> Trashed Queen\u2019s lodge: Andrew\u2019s home now<\/a><\/p>\n Edward is the first member of his family to break his silence on the shocking new insight into Andrew\u2019s ties to Epstein, which were unearthed in millions of documents<\/a> released by the US Justice Department on Friday.<\/p>\n Edward\u2019s remarks came as pressure mounts on Andrew<\/a> to pass on what he knows about Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes as the latest drop of documents related to the case continues to send shockwaves around the world.<\/p>\n Royal sources told the Daily Mail<\/a><\/i> this week that \u201cproviding testimony is now a matter for Andrew and his conscience\u201d, and that those with relevant information should \u201cparticipate in any lawful inquiry on any subject\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, Mr Starmer said in reference to Andrew that \u201cin terms of testifying, I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information. \u201cYou can\u2019t be victim-centred if you\u2019re not prepared to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Buckingham Palace has not officially commented on the recent mass release of files, many of which highlight the friendship between the convicted pedophile and the former Duke of York.<\/p>\n Many of the emails between Andrew and Epstein were sent after his conviction on child sex offences and while the King\u2019s brother was a working member of the royal family, and also held an official role as the UK trade ambassador.<\/p>\n Prior to her death last year, Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, alleged that she\u2019d had three sexual encounters with Andrew, including once when she was just 17, while she was being sex trafficked by Epstein.<\/p>\n