Former Prince Andrew awarded $400,000 compensation after surrendering Royal Lodge
Former Prince Andrew awarded $400,000 compensation after surrendering Royal Lodge
Chiara Fiorillo Fri, October 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC
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Prince Andrew has been awarded compensation after giving up Royal Lodge (Image: Getty)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been awarded $400,000 in compensation after surrendering Royal Lodge, a Crown Estate spokesperson has said.
King Charles' younger brother, formerly known as Prince Andrew, left the 30-bedroom property and moved to the private Sandringham Estate in Norfollk earlier this year.
The former Duke of York had previously paid £1.8 million ($2.38 million) toward repairs on the property. It comes just days after news emerged that Andrew is pursuing legal action against Thames Valley Police in an attempt to overturn search warrants that resulted in his arrest earlier this year.
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While initial property assessments suggested that Andrew might receive nothing due to the home's dilapidated state - and independent estimates previously valued potential compensation closer to £500,000 ($661,787) - the final agreed settlement was locked in at £302,000 ($400,000).
The Crown Estate confirmed that Andrew was entitled to compensation because, as per the terms of his lease, he surrendered it within the first 25 years. He had over 50 years left on the lease.
The king's brother vacated the property earlier this year (Image: Getty)
A spokeswoman for The Crown Estate - the entity that manages lands nominally owned by the king for the benefit of taxpayers - said, "The lease for Royal Lodge has ended and our focus now is firmly on its future use and the opportunities to generate additional financial value for the nation from its early return."
The spokesperson added the property will now be marketed by two agents for its proposed future use.
Earlier this year, the king stripped his younger brother of his royal titles and evicted him from his longtime home because of the fallout from the scandal regarding his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The eviction followed mounting public outcry and US Department of Justice documents tied to the Epstein investigation.
King Charles III stripped his younger brother of his royal titles (Image: Getty)
It comes after a London judge said on Thursday, October 8, that police investigating Andrew's links to Epstein unlawfully searched his homes.
Justice Nicholas Hilliard said significant errors were made by Thames Valley Police in applying for search warrants and by a judge in granting them in the investigation into the disgraced former prince.
Mountbatten-Windsor was not in court, but he was already aware of the partial legal victory because police had previously conceded in July that the warrants were improper.
Police, however, had tried to keep the matter out of the public eye while the investigation continued, leading to a delay in its revelation.
Andrew was stripped of his royal titles (Image: Getty)
The king's brother was arrested February 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office and police searched two of his homes.
His lawyers had asked the High Court judge to invalidate the warrants that allowed those searches.
Attorney Mark Stephens, who wasn't involved in the case, said the development "opens a door to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's lawyers to start to chisel away at some of the fruits of that unlawful warrant."
The judge, however, said "the fact that the search warrants were quashed does not bring an investigation to an end, or mean that the whole of the investigation was unlawful."
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
