Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is spotted driving brand new £120,000 Range Rover as it’s revealed ex-wife Sarah Ferguson is moving back to the UK
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been spotted driving a brand new Range Rover as it was revealed his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson is moving back to the UK.
The disgraced former prince was seen driving the £120,000 luxury hybrid electric vehicle on the royal Sandringham estate this week.
It was the first time Andrew was spotted driving the green Range Rover Autobiography fitted with leather seats and a massage function since the vehicle was registered in May.
The top-of-the-range SUV has around 543 horsepower and can drive for up to 53 miles on a full battery.
It also features a three-litre engine with an electric motor, a high-end sound system and a flashy touchscreen console.
The 66-year-old was driving round the estate where he now lives on Marsh Farm after he was forced to downsize in February from the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Fergie was evicted from the Royal Lodge alongside Mountbatten-Windsor after 18 years and has not returned to the UK since the pair were stripped of their royal titles.
The former Duchess of York, 66, has spent the last seven months living abroad in Switzerland and Austria but is reportedly moving back to the UK in a matter of days.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been spotted driving a brand new Range Rover on the Sandringham Estate
The disgraced former Duke, 66, pictured at the wheel of a £120,000 green Range Rover Autobiography this week
It comes as the former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is expected to return to British soil as soon as Monday
It is understood that she will be renting a £10,000-a-month, six-bed house in a gated community in the home counties upon her return.
A source close to Fergie said: ‘She’s had her eyes on a return for some time but it takes time to find the right new house.
‘She hasn’t had to worry about accommodation for 20 years as she had Royal Lodge with Andrew. Now’s the right time to get back to her life.’
Fergie’s return to British soil comes just days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved back to the UK with their children Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, after six years in Montecito, California.
Fergie is hoping to ‘slip back under the radar’ and into the UK while everyone’s attention is on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, a source close to the former Duchess told The Sun.
The move could take place as soon as Monday as removal vans were spotted collecting her belongings from Andrew’s home in Sandringham.
The former Royals were stripped of their titles by King Charles III last October in the wake of intense public scrutiny over Andrew’s ties with the convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
During her time across Europe, Fergie was spotted at a £2,000-an-night spa in Austria and at a Swiss Alpine chalet in Verbier owned by her late former lover Paddy McNally.
Meanwhile, Andrew, who was arrested and released on suspicion of misconduct in public office, remains under police investigation.
The former Duke who was arrested in February denies any wrongdoing.
