Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s new home ‘smells of wet mud’ | Royal | News

She was taken from Windsor to Norfolk in February after disturbing details about her relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein emerged in the latest part of documents released by the US. He has always denied any wrongdoing. Last week Andrew received his brother Prince Edward, the first royal visitor, for a “quiet talk” ahead of the Easter holidays.

This week, it was reported that the disgraced royal spent her first night out at Marsh Farm on Easter Monday.

After Andrew moved to Norfolk in February, a journalist visited the area, where two accommodation options were available, and delivered a harsh verdict on the surroundings.

Mirror’‘s Julia Banim said the area leading up to Sandringham Manor in Wolferton was “undoubtedly spooky”, haunted by a particular smell and painted a “particularly bleak” picture of his new life in exile.

He explained: “This isn’t a place where you’ll find rows of quaint pubs and charming independent shops. Even Wolferton Railway Station, which opened in 1862 when Queen Victoria bought the Sandringham House estate, stands silent and still. No trains have passed through here since the 60s, when Andrew was a magical boy, the apple of his mother’s eye.”

Ms Banim visited Marsh Farm, which allegedly surprised her.

He said: “It looks like the nice, red-brick home of a well-to-do, middle-class businessman, not the favorite son of Britain’s longest-serving monarch.”

However, the journalist wrote that there was “little in the way of privacy” and noted that one particular smell surprised him, saying: “There is a neglected state of dormancy in the garden and the smell of wet mud surprises me.”

He added that there were signs the venue had been retrofitted with new security systems for the arrival and security of the disgraced duke.

He concluded: “From any angle, this dreary new residence certainly paints a bleak picture of Andrew’s new life in relative exile.”