What do we know about Andrew's home at Sandringham?

Earlier this week, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appeared to hasten his planned move to Norfolk following the release of further files in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The former prince - who has always denied any wrongdoing - left Windsor to set up temporary home in a property on the Sandringham Estate while his more permanent residence, nearby Marsh Farm, is renovated. What do we know about it?

The Sandringham estate was bought as a private country retreat for the future Edward VII when he was Albert, Prince of Wales in 1862, and has since been passed down from monarch to monarch.

It remains a country retreat for the Royal Family and is where they traditionally gather at Christmas.

It is understood Andrew is living temporarily at Wood Farm, a secluded property near the village of Wolferton, which his father, the late Duke of Edinburgh, chose as his primary home when he retired from public life in 2017.

Other Royals to use the Sandringham estate as their main residence in recent years are the Prince and Princess of Wales, who lived at Anmer Hall between 2015 and 2017.

A wedding present from the late queen, the 10-bedroom, Grade II* listed house, is now Prince William and Catherine's country retreat during the school summer holidays.

Marsh Farm is 1.5 miles (2.4km) west of Sandringham House at Wolferton, and is owned by King Charles III.

It is believed Andrew will move in, possibly by early April, once it has been renovated.

On Wednesday, TV crews and press photographers gathered near its driveway while a helicopter circled overhead.

The old farmhouse has outbuildings and stables and access to the larger estate, but is far smaller than his former home, the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle's wider estate.

Seen as a downgrade, it has just five bedrooms and two bathrooms and is situated next to a country road.

It is in the same village as Wood Farm, where Andrew will stay until Marsh Farm is ready. Royal trains stopped at Wolferton's railway station for Sandringham, until the closure of the line in the 1960s. The building is now privately owned.

As with elsewhere on the estate, Marsh Farm is surrounded by farmland and open countryside. The village has a church, a handful of small businesses and a social club. The nearest amenities - including a Co-Op and Chinese takeaway - are in the large village of Dersingham, 3.2 miles (5km) away.

The King owns several grand country homes on the sprawling estate, which covers approximately 31 sq miles (80 sq km) in west Norfolk. Within this area are several residential villages and hamlets, their homes rented out by the estate.

It also includes a nature reserve, woodlands, farms with eight tenant farmers, a caravan park, a museum, several schools, a cricket ground and village hall.

About a mile from the main house stands York Cottage, which was originally used as an overflow for guests staying at Sandringham to hunt. It gained its name when it was gifted to Prince George, the then Duke of York, in 1893.

He and his wife Mary, who became King George V and Queen Mary in 1910, lived in York Cottage for many years, moving to the main house at Sandringham in the mid-1920s.

Reportedly, no member of the royal family has lived there since and it has been used as office and staff accommodation.

Another property very close to Sandringham House - Park House - was the birthplace and childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales.

From 1983, it was used as a 16-bedroom hotel for disabled people, their carers and family by the Leonard Cheshire charity. It deferred a £2.3m refurbishment during lockdown and later dropped its plans and exited its lease. It is believed the house stands vacant.

The Edwardian, six-bedroom Gardens House - unsurprisingly, once the residence of the head gardener - is one of two properties at Sandringham available to the general public as a holiday let. It is described as "perfect for a quiet family retreat".

A smaller holiday let, The Folly has three bedrooms and a wraparound balcony, and was previously used as a hunting lodge and a place to take afternoon tea.

One of Andrew's neighbours in the village, speaking anonymously, told the Press Association she felt it was the wrong location for Andrew to move to and that he should be someone more "secluded".

"The press are all down there. The villagers don't like that," she added.

"It's a quiet village."

She suggested a house that was "out in the woods that's surrounded by trees and no other houses... would have been better".

Many in the village were reluctant to speak at all, with some saying they could not comment as they worked for the royal estate.

At Sandringham, visitor Abraham Bruin, 83, of West Walton near King's Lynn, said he was a "bit flabbergasted".

"If he's an outcast and living on the estate, he's not an outcast is he?" he added.

A woman, speaking anonymously, said: "Really he's going back to luxury, isn't he?

"He's being waited on hand and foot."

Another woman, who also declined to be named, said: "I'm not happy he's this way.

"As long as we don't see him. He will be hid away somewhere.

"He will have all the things he needs.

"He's still living in a certain amount of luxury."

A third woman, who also did not give her name, said she was "not enamoured" that Andrew had moved to the area.

"They're dumping their royal rubbish on us," she said.

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