Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been granted £302,000 in compensation following the official surrender of the lease on his former home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor. This decision comes after public outcry regarding the rent he paid for the property.
Lease Surrender Details
A spokesperson for the Crown Estate confirmed that Mountbatten-Windsor paid £1.8 million in repair and restoration costs and surrendered the lease more than 50 years early. According to the terms of his lease, he was entitled to compensation for surrendering it within the first 25 years.
“"The lease for Royal Lodge has ended and our focus now is firmly on its future use and the opportunities to generate additional financial value for the nation from its early return," said the spokesperson.
Recent Developments
Mountbatten-Windsor vacated the Windsor mansion earlier this year amid the release of files by the US Department of Justice related to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Following public backlash regarding the rent he paid, he moved to Marsh Farm on the king’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
In June, a National Audit Office investigation revealed that the late queen’s second son had received an undisclosed amount of private income from subletting three cottages on the Royal Lodge estate while paying a nominal rent for over two decades.
