Midnight getaway: Britain’s former prince leaves Windsor mansion after latest Epstein revelations

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, has moved out of his palatial home, following new damaging revelations about his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Reuters writes, referring to a royal source.

The former prince, 65, had hoped to stay at Royal Lodge, his Windsor home of decades, for longer, the Sun newspaper said, but he was moved under the cover of darkness on Monday and driven to a cottage in Sandringham, the king’s Norfolk estate.

“With the latest batch of Epstein files it was made clear to him that it was time to go,” the Sun quoted a friend as saying. “Leaving was so humiliating for him that he chose to do it under the cover of darkness.”

Charles stripped Andrew of his titles in October and said he would be moved after details emerged of his ongoing relationship with Epstein.

New files related to Epstein published by the US Justice Department on Friday included emails suggesting that Andrew maintained regular contact with Epstein for more than two years after he was found guilty of child sex crimes.