Andrew’s staff told they can refuse to serve him ‘if they feel uncomfortable’

Staff working for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reportedly been told they can choose not to serve him at his new home.

The former prince moved out of Windsor’s Royal Lodge on Monday after more than 20 years following his fall from grace due to his friendship with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

But accusations have followed Andrew into the Wood Farm cottage in Sandringham, where he will stay before the Marsh Farm manor is ready in April.

Several staff have reportedly refused to work for him, an insider claimed.

A source told the Sun: ‘They’ve been told they don’t have to serve Andrew or work for him if they feel uncomfortable.

‘There is already quite a list saying no thanks. There is understandably a lot of disquiet as he is now a total pariah.

‘But there is also a worry that once he gets comfortable at Wood Farm while Marsh Farm is being finished, they will never get him out again.’

It comes after a letter released in the latest batch of Epstein files claimed he asked an erotic dancer for a threesome at the financier’s Florida home, reportedly sparking a strike among the staff.

The former Duke of York has always denied any accusations of wrongdoing.

The 65-year-old is said to have slipped out of the Royal Lodge on the Windsor grounds under the cover of darkness.

Removal trucks were seen leaving the estate yesterday, while Andrew was not spotted.

The village near the Wood Farm turned into a media circus as photographers, TV crews and a helicopter arrived at Wolferton, less than a mile from the cottage, which is located within the King’s private Norfolk estate.

One resident, who asked not to be named, said Andrew should have moved somewhere else.

She said: ‘I think if he has to come and live here, it should be somewhere that’s quite secluded.

‘There are houses that belong to the King that he could go to that wouldn’t cause anybody any bother.

‘The press are all down there. The villagers don’t like that.’

Andrew has also been linked to a fresh police investigation into reports that Epstein allegedly sent a second woman to have a sexual encounter with the former prince at the Royal Lodge.

The alleged incident happened at the royal estate in 2010, when the woman, who is not British, was in her 20s.

Brad Edwards, who also represented Andrew’s accuser, Virginia Giuffre, before her death last year, told BBC News the woman was given a tour of Buckingham Palace afterwards.

A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: ‘We are aware of reports about a woman said to have been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual purposes. We are assessing the information in line with our established procedures.

‘We take any reports of sexual crimes extremely seriously and encourage anyone with information to come forward. At this time, these allegations have not been reported to Thames Valley Police by either the lawyer or their client.’

Metro approached Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for a comment.

Giuffre was one of the most prominent sex trafficking victims of Epstein.

She accused Andrew of assaulting her on three occasions when she was 17 and she sued the former prince in 2021. Andrew has repeatedly denied her claims, but he agreed to pay her an undisclosed sum as an out-of-court settlement.

Giuffre was found dead in her Australian home on April 25, 2025.

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