
The sprawling Royal Lodge has been Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's sanctuary for more than two decades, a 30-bedroom mansion nestled within Windsor Great Park where he has lived since 2003. Yet within weeks, he will leave this fortress of privilege behind, retreating to a far humbler existence on the Norfolk coast.
What was once unthinkable has become inevitable. The man who was born a prince will spend the final years of his life in a modest farmhouse, surrounded by security fences and CCTV cameras, waiting for a redemption that may never come.