Disgraced Andrew’s Royal Lodge exit delayed over his ‘hoarding tendencies’, rooms stacked with items
Insiders have revealed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s exit from the Royal Lodge is expected to be delayed for months because of his “hoarding” tendencies.
A source told Rob Shuter that Andrew is a “natural hoarder” and that some of the rooms are stacked with items from the floor to the ceiling.
“Rooms are packed with papers, photographs, and personal collections. He wasn’t ready to accept help sorting through it.”
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Andrew was supposed to be completely moved out of the lodge by January 31, but insiders are saying the process will take months longer.
Palace staff have already removed some items to be added to the royal collection.
“Priceless artwork and antique furniture have been taken out first,” an insider told Mr Shuter.
“Those belong to the Windsor family, not Andrew.”
Several trucks have been transferring valuables to royal storage facilities during the night.
“There’s an ongoing debate over what he personally owns versus what belongs to the Crown,” another different source told Mr Shuter.
“Every item must be logged carefully to avoid future disputes.”
After renewed allegations of sex trafficking arose from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, King Charles formally stripped Andrew of his prince title.
As further content from the Epstein files has been released, the royal family has faced mounting pressure to appear distanced from Andrew.
The hoarding revelation comes hours after new disturbing images were released from the Epstein files.
The House Democrats released 68 sickening images, some of which show the bodies of young women with handwritten messages from a book about a paedophile drawn on their skin.
Five of the photos specifically show quotes from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita, a story about a paedophile who preys on a 12-year-old girl, scrawled across women’s bodies.
In one image, the words “Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth” are written across an unidentified woman’s cleavage.
