Switch to new home to be after Christmas

ANDREW will not move from his Windsor mansion to Sandringham until after Christmas, because of the lengthy process of giving up his current base.

- By Tony Rees

The former duke had a “cast-iron” lease for 30-room Royal Lodge and only after negotiations with the King’s representatives did he agree to surrender the agreement, which had more than 50 years left to run.

But the process around that has some similarities with buying a property, which can be drawn out - although it is understood things are moving as quickly as practicable.