Andrew’s well-defended new home, Marsh Farm in Wolferton, as it appeared when I visited the village in April 2026
While on a visit to Norfolk last month, I took a look around Wolferton, the tiny village where the former Prince Andrew now lives. What, I wondered, might his version of Elba be like? He had been on a downward slide since 2011 when he lost his decade-long role as the UK’s special trade envoy after details surfaced of his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
His cosseted royal existence began seriously unraveling in 2019 when more incriminating information came to light, and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, compelled him to step back from royal duties and relinquish his royal patronages and military honors. Andrew was accused of sexual abuse, a charge he has long denied. In 2022 he paid millions of pounds to settle a lawsuit filed by one of his accusers, Virginia Giuffre, without admitting liability. She died by suicide in 2025.
“Misconduct in public office”
With the disclosure of additional damning information late last year, King Charles stripped Andrew of his prince and duke titles. Following Andrew’s shocking arrest last February for “misconduct in public office” in his dealings with Epstein, Charles evicted his younger brother from Royal Lodge, his 30-room home in Windsor, and temporarily housed him at Wood Farm on the monarch’s Sandringham Estate while the nearby five-bedroom Marsh Farm was being renovated as his permanent residence.
Marsh Farm before its renovation and protective stockade fencing
At Buckingham Palace, officials refer to Andrew as “AMW,” and they prefer to have him as much out of mind as he is now out of sight. The King provides room, board, and a modest financial stipend to keep him safe—and onside. The Palace’s biggest concern was that he would go to the Middle East or somewhere else abroad where he could get into trouble. Last month he moved into Marsh Farm, and he installed an unsightly mobile home behind the house that was said to be for security personnel. He has kept a low profile, with periodic sightings of him walking his dogs on the Sandringham Estate that surrounds Wolferton.
“An offensive weapon”
But a recent attempted assault on Andrew during one of his walks by a stranger masked with a balaclava prompted the former prince to flee in his car with his personal protection officer. The man possessing “an offensive weapon” was charged with abusive harassment, and Andrew has reportedly asked for reinstatement of his government-funded security.
During my Norfolk visit I learned that many residents of the environs around Marsh Farm want little to do with him, although there is a residue of sympathy. I took photographs to give my Royals Extra readers a sense of Andrew’s neighborhood, and I delved into some history to show much has changed there since 1862, when Queen Victoria gave her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, the remote Sandringham Estate to divert him from London and his playboy haunts. It is located 110 miles north of the city in the Norfolk countryside near the seacoast, a train ride of more than two hours.