Prince Andrew Wants 2 Homes to Leave Royal Lodge — Including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Former Residence: Report
“Talks are still ongoing,” a source close to proceedings tells PEOPLE.
William and Kate and their children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, are moving about three miles away to Forest Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, a place that is being called their “forever home” very soon. The family are hoping to be in by the time the children go back to Lambrook School on Nov. 3.
Buckingham Palace and Sarah Ferguson’s office declined PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The option of a home each for Andrew and Sarah has been on the table for some time and came from Buckingham Palace, one source told PEOPLE.
There have been days of intense negotiations over demands that Prince Andrew leave Royal Lodge, where he has been living since 2003. It was reported towards the end of last week that a deal was about to be struck.
Andrew has been under intense pressure to move from Royal Lodge, which was heightened when the U.K. newspaper The Times published a redacted version of his lease, showing that he was entitled to live at Royal Lodge on a peppercorn rent, after he paid around £8 million (about $10.6 million) for the lease and the refurbishments that were then carried out. A “peppercorn rent” is a term referring to a very small amount of rent, sometimes as small as a single peppercorn.