Former Prince Andrew Moves Out of Royal Home Amid Fresh Epstein Revelations

Windsor" class="entity-link entity-person" data-entity-id="1300" data-entity-type="person">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his titles last year and told to give up his grand residence because of growing concern over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.Windsor" class="entity-link entity-person" data-entity-id="1300" data-entity-type="person">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor riding a horse in Windsor Great Park, near to Royal Lodge, on Monday.Credit...Toby Melville/ReutersFeb. 4, 2026, 10:08 a.m. ETAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, moved out of his home in Windsor this week, a symbolic moment in his extended fall from grace.His departure was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter but who was not authorized to speak publicly. It came after the release of a tranche of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, that contained fresh revelations into his long friendship with Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor.Last October the royal, formerly Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, was stripped of his titles by his brother, King Charles III, because of disclosures showing the extent of his closeness with Mr. Epstein.Buckingham Palace also announced at the time that he would move out of his home, Royal Lodge in Windsor, in early 2026. His departure from the residence on Monday came earlier than expected, according to the BBC, apparently sped up by the release last week of more documents.The former prince’s office did not respond to a request for comment on his move.The loss of Royal Lodge, the grand home where Mr. Mountbatten Windsor has lived for more than 20 years, marked the latest stage in his protracted expulsion from royal favor, which began in 2015 when a woman, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, accused him of raping her as a teenager in a lawsuit she filed against Mr. Epstein.Mr. Mountbatten Windsor’s troubles continued with a disastrous BBC interview in 2019, during which he tried to explain his friendship with Mr. Epstein. After the interview, he announced he would step away from public life.A legal reckoning came in 2022, when Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor settled a lawsuit brought by Ms. Giuffre against him directly, which accused him of raping her after she was trafficked by Mr. Epstein. In the course of the lawsuit, Buckingham Palace announced that the prince would relinquish his military titles and royal charities and that he would no longer use the title “His Royal Highness.”Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied Ms. Giuffre’s accusations and any wrongdoing in his friendship with Mr. Epstein.The new Epstein documents, released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday, were the largest batch of files related to his case to be made public. Among the documents were photographs appearing to show Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, kneeling over a woman lying on the ground.The images were splashed across the front pages of several newspapers in Britain on Sunday. In two of the photographs, Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor appears over an unidentified, clothed woman in an unspecified location while touching her stomach. In another, he looks at the camera while on all fours next to the woman. In all of the pictures, her face was redacted.ImageA removal van driving near an entrance to Royal Lodge on Wednesday.Credit...Toby Shepheard/ReutersThe documents also included a previously undisclosed email from 2010 in which Mr. Epstein offered Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor a meeting with a Russian woman whom he described as 26 years old, clever, beautiful and “trustworthy.” The prince said in the exchange that he would be “delighted” to meet her.On Saturday, after the release of the new documents, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain urged Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor to testify before a congressional committee over his dealings with Mr. Epstein.The home Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor left is a 30-room Georgian mansion that sits on 98 acres of land west of London. Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor has lived there since 2003. The former prince is relocating to a more modest home on the royal estate in Sandringham, in Norfolk, which is privately owned by King Charles.The former British prince is now officially a resident of Norfolk, the person familiar with the matter said, though they added that he may occasionally visit Windsor in the coming weeks as he finalizes his departure.Michael D. Shear contributed reporting.Jonathan Wolfe is a Times reporter based in London, covering breaking news.SKIP