Royal Insider Claims Renovators Are "Working Day and Night" to Get Frogmore Cottage Ready for Prince Andrew

The royal is said to be in talks to move into Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's old home.

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After reports that Prince Andrew has agreed to move out of his Windsor home, Royal Lodge, and is asking to relocate to Frogmore Cottage, it seems some redecoration is in order. According to the Sun, "workmen have been coming and going for weeks" at the property, which was formerly the home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle before they moved to California in 2020.

The outlet originally reported on October 27 that Prince Andrew "is willing to leave" Royal Lodge, but wants Frogmore Cottage for himself and Prince William and Princess Kate's house, Adelaide Cottage, for ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. The Wales family will be moving to a larger Windsor home, Forest Lodge, within the next few weeks.

An insider told the Sun, "People have been inside Frogmore Cottage working day and night. Over the weekend the lights were on after dark."

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Exterior of Frogmore Cottage

Frogmore Cottage is located a stone's throw away from Prince William and Princess Kate's home, Adelaide Cottage.

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The source added that "workmen have been coming and going for weeks," noting that Frogmore "shouldn’t need a lot of work done as Harry and Meghan spent £2.4million on repairs just six years ago and no one has lived there since, apart from the few months Princess ­Eugenie was there during lockdown.”

“Frogmore Cottage and Adelaide Cottage were on the table in May," a source told the Sun. However, the insider noted that "a lot has changed since then," citing the recent discovery of damaging emails that Ferguson and Prince Andrew sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011.

The duo, who have been divorced since 1996 but still live together, gave up their Duke and Duchess of York titles on October 17 amid the outrage surrounding their emails and new details from Epstein victim Virgina Giuffre's memoir.

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson wearing black at the Duchess of Kent's funeral

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are seen at the Duchess of Kent's funeral in September 2025.

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While no official announcement has been made about Andrew's housing situation, a source told the Sun that “pressure has been cranked up in recent weeks" for the prince to leave Royal Lodge.

"The two-home solution remains firmly on the table and reality has hit home, and forced them to look at it again," the insider added.

Kristin Contino
Kristin Contino
Senior Royal and Celebrity Editor

Kristin Contino is Marie Claire's Senior Royal and Celebrity editor. She's been covering royalty since 2018—including major moments such as the Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II’s death and King Charles III's coronation—and places a particular focus on the British Royal Family's style and what it means.

Prior to working at Marie Claire, she wrote about celebrity and royal fashion at Page Six Style and covered royalty from around the world as chief reporter at Royal Central. Kristin has provided expert commentary for outlets including the BBC, Sky News, US Weekly, the Today Show and many others.

Kristin is also the published author of two novels, “The Legacy of Us” and “A House Full of Windsor.” She's passionate about travel, history, horses, and learning everything she can about her favorite city in the world, London.