Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor‘s new home has been hit with a major change that alerts his new status as a “commoner”.
It could be revealed that the previous prince, who moved into his everlasting home, five-bedroom Marsh Farm, two weeks in the past, shares the identical entrance door fashion as the remainder of the employees and basic public on King Charles‘s Sandringham property in Norfolk.
Marsh Farm now has a lightweight blue entrance door, similar to the opposite 200 tenants on the property, which is owned by Andrew’s older brother, the King.
The King owns greater than 300 properties in 12 villages throughout the 20,000-acre property, distinguished by their gentle blue doorways – a convention established by the Queen Mother.
One native mentioned: “Andrew has a front door matching the Sandringham staff, which shows just how far he has fallen from grace. He is now just like every other tenant.
“The colour of the front door indicates the house is owned by the King, so it’s a constant reminder that his brother is paying for him to live there. As a tenant, you are not allowed to change the front door, so he is stuck with it.”
Andrew’s new home in Sandringham
Charles, whose Sandringham property portfolio is value about £75 million, is paying for Andrew to dwell within the former farmhouse in Wolferton, after he was exiled from Royal Lodge in Windsor initially of February.
© Bav MediaThe former working farm, which features a major home with two reception rooms, a kitchen and a number of other outbuildings, is believed to have stood empty for a variety of years, and workmen have spent months renovating it for Andrew to transfer in.
It lies on a flood plain two miles away from the King’s major Sandringham House and is lower off from the remainder of Norfolk by the Dersingham Bog.
Marsh Farm’s deeds present that Queen Elizabeth II purchased the property in 2013, and it handed to King Charles in 2022.
© UK Press through Getty ImagesA remaining blow
In the previous six months, Andrew has given up his “Prince” and “Duke of York” titles and moved from his beloved Royal Lodge, the place he paid a “peppercorn” sum in lease. He was stripped of his remaining titles by King Charles in October.
In January, the previous Prince was met with extra scrutiny after a new batch of Epstein information was launched by the US authorities, together with issues over his function as UK commerce envoy.
© AFP through Getty ImagesThe following month, Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday at Wood Farm Cottage, his short-term home in Sandringham, and held in custody for 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace.
Charles, 77, beforehand emphasised that he would help the police in any investigation into his brother, saying: “Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.”
Earlier this month, Andrew was hit with an extra blow as he was urged to give up certainly one of his remaining remaining honours – the Freedom of the City of London.
