What Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's lonely Christmas will look like away from Sandringham: Ex-couple set to spend the day in the crumbling Royal Lodge away from daughters Beatrice and Eugenie
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While King Charles is hosting his 'biggest ever' family Christmas in Sandringham, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are set for a very lonely day 130 miles away in Windsor. The beleaguered duke has agreed to skip the annual Christmas festivities at the Norfolk estate and the King's pre-Christmas lunch in London following counselling from his loyal ex-wife as controversy rages over his links to a 'Chinese spy'.
![[Prince Andrew's mansion has fallen into disrepair, with cracks and mould appearing on the outside walls]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93272703-14205363-image-a-13_1734526278151.jpg)
Last week it was revealed that a 'close confidant' of the Duke, 64, Yang Tengbo, was an alleged Chinese spy - who had been banned from entering the UK after an investigation by MI5, with King Charles said to be 'furious'. Last year marked Fergie's first Christmas with the royals in 30 years - but this year she's given up the honour in order to stay with her ex-husband.
![[Last year Prince Andrew and Fergie joined the rest of the royal family for a traditional Christmas Day church service (pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93272699-14205363-image-m-15_1734526293762.jpg)
And as their daughters Princess Beatrice, 36, and Princess Eugenie, 34, are set to spend the day with their in-laws, Fergie and Andrew are certainly set for a quieter Christmas than they'd expected. It is understood that the couple will be spending the day in their Grade II-listed home, the increasingly crumbling Royal Lodge, in Windsor where they live together despite divorcing almost 20 years ago.
![[Meanwhile King Charles is set to host his 'biggest ever' family Christmas in Sandringham]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/78422291-14205363-The_Christmas_events_will_be_held_both_between_Sandringham_estat-a-16_1734526378452.jpg)
With the rest of the family up in Sandringham, and Beatrice and Eugenie elsewhere, the ex-couple may only have the company of their dogs, which include the late Queen’s corgis. 'Sarah is tremendously loyal and I think it unlikely she will want to leave his side, especially now he is so down,’ a family friend previously told the Mail.
![[This week the Prince of Wales revealed he will be spending December 25 with no fewer than 45 people at Sandringham, his father’s private estate in Norfolk. Pictured: King Charles and Queen Camilla]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93056469-14205363-This_week_the_Prince_of_Wales_revealed_he_will_be_spending_Decem-a-17_1734526477747.jpg)
