Andrew WON’T move out, much to brother Charles’ frustration – which means that William CAN’T move in….so WHO will end up living in Harry and Meghan’s Frogmore Cottage?

The struggle for Royal Lodge, Prince Andrew’s 30-room mansion in Windsor Nice Park, is changing into fairly a stand-off. 

Will the prince give option to strain from his older brother, the King, and quit his residence of twenty years?

To date he’s resisting. Along with his his identify on the lease from the unbiased Crown Property, Andrew claims he is staying put regardless that most imagine Royal Lodge is earmarked for Prince William.

However the Duke of York is coming underneath monetary strain to chew the bullet and downsize to Frogmore Cottage, the vacated residence of Harry and Meghan.

It’s suspected William and his household will then depart Adelaide Cottage and change his uncle in Windsor Nice Park.

There are actually three properties in play on this unfolding royal property drama, which yesterday reached new heights after a good friend of the King stated he may utterly ‘sever ties’ if Andrew doesn’t transfer out promptly.

Right here MailOnline goes via the historical past of the royal properties at the moment in flux, and divulges who may find yourself residing in each. 

Royal Lodge 

The property on the centre of the royal household feud is Royal Lodge.

The Georgian mansion is situated in Windsor Nice Park, a brief drive from Windsor Fort. 

The situation has an extended historical past, with it first being constructed within the mid-1600 to offer lodging for royal workers members.

Nevertheless it didn’t turn into an official royal residence till 1812 when King George IV moved in. It was additionally throughout this time that the Royal Chapel of All Saints was constructed on the Royal Lodge property.

In 1931, the property was gifted to George VI and the Queen Mom – dad and mom to the late Queen Elizabeth –  as a retreat. 

The Queen Mom ultimately lived there from the Nineteen Fifties till she handed away in 2002.

Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones introduced their engagement within the gardens at Royal Lodge. 

The Queen Mom  made a number of additions to the property, together with the small cottage known as Y Bwthyn Bach, which was gifted to Princess Elizabeth on behalf of the ‘folks of Wales’ for her sixth birthday in 1932.

Since then, it has been the house of the Queen’s second son, Prince Andrew. His former spouse Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, is commonly in residence there.

Each of their daughters celebrated their wedding ceremony receptions on the household residence, with Princess Beatrice utilizing the Royal Chapel of All Saints for her ceremony, and Princess Eugenie having fun with her night reception at Royal Lodge. 

The 30-room Georgian home in Windsor has remained largely unchanged for the reason that Thirties.

Together with its abundance of bedrooms, the property options a further seven bedrooms, in addition to a ‘formal room’, a spacious drawing room with intricate mouldings and millwork, tall ceilings with massive home windows, and a rear terrace.

Earlier than Prince Andrew first moved in, he’s stated to have spent £7.5m renovating the mansion with new additions together with an indoor swimming pool and a driving vary.

It’s believed the Lodge together with its royal chapel, gardener’s cottage, six lodge cottages and safety lodging, which all sit on 98 acres of land, may now be price £30 million if the property had been to turn into obtainable to the open market.

Prince Andrew has an extended lease on the property, which is owned by the Crown Estates. 

Nonetheless, it’s thought that the annual upkeep invoice for the home is critical. And that there’s a hazard the prince will default on the contract via lack of funds and will likely be obliged to maneuver out.

Charles has issued a basic decree to relations that, amid rising public scrutiny, they need to cut back their residing prices 

In the meantime, Prince Andrew is alleged to be fearful that the King and his advisors will take away him in some way and change him in Royal Lodge with the Prince of Wales.

Stories counsel he’s even refusing to maneuver out quickly throughout constructing work for concern ‘he would possibly by no means get again in’.

A supply informed The Every day Mail’s Rebecca English that: ‘It is turn into farcical. Andrew has roof repairs scheduled later this summer season, which can take a number of months to finish and has been suggested that staying in the home throughout these renovations may show problematic.

‘However he’s reluctant to go away.’ 

FROGMORE COTTAGE

Frogmore Cottage was the UK residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex earlier than they moved to reside in America full-time.

The Palace informed them they might now not have entry to the five-bedroom cottage in March 2022.

The Grade II listed, two-storey, stucco-faced home sitting close to Windsor Fort on the Windsor Property has been a royal residence since 1792.

The home was constructed between the years of 1680 and 1684 by Charles II’s architect, Hugh Might, on the estates of Nice and Little Frogmore, which had been purchased by Henry VIII within the sixteenth century.

The identify got here from the excessive variety of frogs which reside within the low-lying marshy space, which is about inside an extended sweeping curve of the River Thames.

In 1792, King George III’s spouse Queen Charlotte purchased the home it to make use of as a rustic retreat for her and her daughters. 

Later, the cottage was the house of Queen Victoria’s loyal Indian manservant Abdul Karim, who was thrown out and deported after his mistress died in 1901.

Karim reportedly refurbished Frogmore Cottage and lived there from 1893 till Victoria’s dying in 1901, when King Edward VII banished Karim again to India.

After Karim’s departure, Frogmore was lived in by Queen Mary’s brother, the Marquess of Cambridge. The Marquess’s daughter, Girl Helena Gibbs, additionally went on to reside there.

And from 1925 till 1934, the house was a spot of sanctuary for Grand Duchess Xenia, the sister of Tsar Nicholas II.

She was one of many few members of the Russian royal household to flee after the Bolsheviks ordered the homicide of Tsar Nicholas and his household.

Then got here one other Russian, the infamous Princess Marina ‘Mira’ Dmitri, who secured a lease on the cottage.

With assistance from an MI5 file, The Mail on Sunday lately revealed how the Princess Mira perpetrated a outstanding story of blue-blooded betrayal and deceit.

Not solely was she looking out for extramarital intercourse – which included an affair with the late Queen’s uncle, the Duke of Kent – however by most accounts, she was additionally a spy.

Throughout King Edward VII’s reign, Frogmore was utilized by the King’s son and daughter-in-law, the long run King George V and Queen Mary.

In 2019, it was stated that £2.4m of taxpayers’ cash was used to renovate the property, however the pair then paid it again in full after they moved to California.

The couple confronted a public backlash when the price of refurbishing the house initially fell to the taxpayer. The invoice included structural work, rewiring and flooring, amongst different prices.

Following Harry and Meghan’s renovation, it grew to become a five-bedroom property.

Princess Eugenie is at the moment residing within the snug five-bedroom residence along with her husband and two kids. She gave beginning to her second son in 2022 and the association permits her to be near her dad and mom and guarantee Frogmore stays occupied.

As to the following occupant, that continues to be to be seen. 

ADELAIDE COTTAGE

The Grade II listed four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage was constructed again in 1831 for Queen Adelaide, the spouse of King Willian IV, to make use of as a summer season retreat.

Sitting not removed from Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor property, it’s at the moment occupied by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three kids.

Most imagine that is unlikely to be a long-term residence for the rising household of a future king.

In keeping with Historic England, Adelaide Cottage is a ‘picturesque’ two-storey stucco-faced dwelling with casement home windows, and elaborate pierced bargeboards edging the roof.

The property was refurbished in 2015, but it nonetheless retains its authentic nineteenth century entrance porch and manicured gardens, which are actually practically 200 years outdated.

Positioned within the 4,800-acre Windsor Nice Park, Adelaide Cottage is near St. George’s Chapel, and is a brief journey into central London.

The royal retreat has been utilized by quite a few monarchs, together with Queen Victoria, who usually visited the cottage to take pleasure in her breakfast or tea. 

The cottage was additionally residence to Group Captain Peter Townsend – who’s most famously identified for being the lover of Princess Margaret and equerry to King George VI – within the Forties together with his first spouse Rosemary.

Throughout his residence, the then Princess Elizabeth, the Queen Mom and Princess Margaret would commonly take tea within the gardens of the cottage with the Townsends and their two sons.

Simon Rhodes, the son of the late Margaret Rhodes, the Queen’s first cousin and a Girl-in-Ready to the Queen Mom, is alleged to have most lately resided on the cottage.

Having left Kensington Palace nearly a two years in the past, sources instructed that Kate and William opted for the cottage to safe faculty for Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. 

Sustaining their kids’s privateness and security was a troublesome activity in London, and as an alternative determined to maneuver to the nation, very like their very own childhoods spent away from town.

Its 4 bedrooms imply that William and Kate’s full-time nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, will reside elsewhere as will different workers, giving the household an opportunity to present their kids the ‘most conventional’ upbringing potential.

Adelaide Cottage can also be nearer to Kate’s dad and mom, Michael and Carole Middleton, who’ve lived for a decade in Bucklebury Manor, a seven-bedroom Grade II-listed Georgian property which can also be in Berkshire. 

However it isn’t but identified who may turn into the following occupant, if William’s household was to maneuver into Royal Lodge as is ultimately predicated.