{"id":2295119,"date":"2026-02-23T10:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295119"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:23:27","slug":"andrew-mountbatten-windsors-dire-situation-not-hit-home-yet-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/andrew-mountbatten-windsors-dire-situation-not-hit-home-yet-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor&#8217;s &#8216;dire situation&#8217; not &#8216;hit home yet&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-andrew\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> has not fully accepted the \u201creality of his dire situation\u201d, an insider has said. The former Duke of York has had a turbulent month so far, as he has not only been moved out of his Royal Lodge home in Windsor, but he was also <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2173951\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-update-new-letter\">arrested.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing or accusations against him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After his arrest, which fell on his 66th birthday, Andrew was released under investigation. No further updates have been given.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While the arrest was no doubt a shock for Andrew, his current living situation has also been a shock, as he reportedly did not want to leave his 30-room Windsor mansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The source said: \u201cIt is extraordinary he chose to use the (late) Queen\u2019s name in his defense. No one is quite sure if the reality of his dire situation has hit home even yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ensure our latest royal headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to activate<\/a><\/strong><strong> or just add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While Andrew was seen leaving police custody last Thursday, he has not been seen since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He has also not commented on his arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has not fully accepted the \u201creality of his dire situation\u201d, an insider has said. The former Duke of York has had a turbulent month so far, as he has not only been moved out of his Royal Lodge home in Windsor, but he was also arrested. 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