Andrew Windsor Mountbatten will no longer be able to live in the sprawling Royal Lodge on the grounds of Windsor – so where will he go?

One option that’s been suggested is York Cottage, a royal stately home in the grounds of Sandringham Estate, where the Queen’s beloved Norfolk home, Sandringham House, is situated.

Ironically, York Cottage used to be known as the Bachelor’s Cottage, so it could be quite fitting for Andrew.

It was gifted by the future King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, to his son Prince George, the Duke of York (later King George V) in 1893.

The Duke Of York lived there with Princess Mary after their marriage. Lady Donaldson, the first female Lord Mayor of London, once wrote of the cottage: ‘York Cottage in its own context is a monument to the eccentricity of th

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