Overview
- The Gazette published Letters Patent dated November 3 formally removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s right to the style of Royal Highness and the titular dignity of Prince.
- Buckingham Palace has served notice to surrender the Royal Lodge lease, and multiple outlets report he is expected to relocate to a private property on the King’s Sandringham estate in the new year.
- Andrew was photographed riding at Windsor for the first time in weeks, a sighting criticized by royal sources as poor optics, with William and Kate recently settling nearby at Forest Lodge.
- Sarah Ferguson has faced immediate fallout, including the withdrawal of her forthcoming children’s book confirmed by NielsenIQ Book Data and the loss of several patronages following renewed scrutiny of Epstein ties.
- The former couple continue to cohabit at Royal Lodge but are reported to be living largely separate lives; unverified tabloid claims describe rising tensions, including an alleged demand to keep them apart and suggestions their daughters may distance to protect reputations.