Overview
- Multiple outlets report Ferguson is considering a guest suite at Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s £3.6 million villa on Portugal’s coast, with one local source saying an arrival in January is being discussed.
- Buckingham Palace has confirmed Andrew will leave Royal Lodge for private accommodation on the Sandringham estate after removal of his remaining styles, with notice served to surrender the Royal Lodge lease.
- Coverage describes active eviction and relocation steps continuing, with tabloid accounts saying Andrew has kept largely to himself at Royal Lodge in recent weeks.
- Royal commentator Phil Dampier says Ferguson is under severe strain and that her sister Jane has flown from Australia to support her, according to friends cited by him.
- Ferguson lost several charity roles after a 2011 email surfaced in which she called Jeffrey Epstein a “supreme friend,” and her spokesperson says the message was sent to counter a legal threat; Andrew denies wrongdoing connected to Epstein.