Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor compensated £300,000 after Royal Lodge lease ends

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been granted £302,000 in compensation after his lease on his former Royal Lodge home in Windsor was officially surrendered, a Crown Estate spokesperson said.

The former Duke of York left the Royal Lodge and moved onto the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, in February this year.

The Crown Estate confirmed the lease for Royal Lodge with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor as its former tenant has been surrendered, more than 50 years earlier than the lease expected.

As he handed back the keys, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor paid £1.8m for dilapidations, the sum of which was informed and reviewed by independent advisors.

As per the terms of his lease, the tenant was entitled to receive compensation if the lease was surrendered within the first 25 years. This term was included in the lease to reflect the significant (c.£7.5m) refurbishments made by the tenant at the start of the lease.

The amount of compensation the tenant is entitled to for surrendering the lease in October 2026 is £302,000, meaning the Crown Estate received a net amount of £1.5 million.

A spokesperson for The Crown Estate, said: “The lease for Royal Lodge has ended and our focus now is firmly on its future use and the opportunities to generate additional financial value for the nation from its early return.”

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