A removal lorry leaves Andrew’s Royal Lodge in Windsor in the heavy rain last week
Andrew appeared to be travelling in a Range Rover leaving Royal Lodge last week
Andrew appeared to be travelling in a Range Rover leaving Royal Lodge last week
Some believe she will opt to spend much of her time at a luxury Portuguese villa of Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank in the exclusive CostaTerra Golf and Ocean Club on the Alentejan coastal strip south of Lisbon.
Prices at the gated resort start at around £3.6million for a villa and A-list neighbours in the area would include Madonna, F1 driver Max Verstappen and shoe tycoon Christian Louboutin.
Beatrice invited Andrew to the christening of her 11-month-old daughter Athena in London last month but, perhaps tellingly, he did not attend a party held afterwards in a local pub.
It is not clear whether Eugenie spoke to her father at the celebration.
The breakdown of relations between Andrew and Eugenie heaps humiliation on the disgraced former prince as he prepares to leave Royal Lodge, his home on the Windsor Estate for two decades.
A removals van was seen at the property last week as he begins the process of sifting through years of belongings.
Large white lorries have been coming and going from Royal Lodge, where Andrew still rolls around in Range Rovers and takes solemn horse rides.
It is understood that he will initially move into a smaller property on the Sandringham estate while work on Marsh Farm is completed, but should take up permanent residence there by Easter.
A six-foot wooden privacy fence has sprung up around the farm, which is a stone’s throw from a public road, to replace the former wire mesh.
Workmen have been seen using a JCB in the garden and installing security lights to make the place fit for a former prince.
A drone ban over Sandringham was extended last autumn to cover Andrew’s new patch.
Andrew was said to have been urged to remain in London over Christmas to avoid being close to the royals as they spent the festive season at Sandringham.
Beatrice and Eugenie faced a difficult decision over where to spend Christmas. Ultimately they attended the royals’ Christmas Day church service in Norfolk and joined their extended family at Sandringham afterwards.
They were invited by King Charles, who is said to be keen to protect the princesses.
