It means Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was known as Prince Andrew, won't be present at Sandringham, King Charles’ private Norfolk estate during the festive season

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will have one last Christmas at his Royal Lodge home, it is reported.

Sources say it is welcome relief to the Royal Family because it keeps the former Duke of York, 65, away from Sandringham, King Charles ’s private Norfolk estate during the festive season, when most of the senior royals are in residence. This situation would have been "suboptimal" and "quite awkward," insiders believe.

One source said: "He won’t be anywhere near the Big House [the nickname given to the monarch’s home at Sandringham]." Senior members of the Royal Family typically gather at the estate and then walk with the Kin

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