Andrew’s Royal Lodge agreement made public for the first time as 25-page document released

The file, dated August 8, 2003, includes who the agreement is with, how long it lasts, and to whom the lease would have been passed.

It notes that the document was signed “between The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty (1), The Crown Estate Commission’s (2) [and] HRH the Duke of York (Andrew’s former title before he was officially stripped of it in October)”.

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The term of the deal stated that the 75-year agreement began on June 16, 2003 and was due to expire on June 15, 2078, until King Charles’s interjection.

If the lease had been passed over, an “acceptable assignee” would have been passed onto: “the widow of HRH the Duke of York, or Princess Beatrice, or Princess Eugenie, or the trustees of a trust which has no beneficiaries other than Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie or either of them.”

The lease notes details about the “tenant’s right to surrender”, stating: “If at any time during the term the tenant shall wish to surrender this lease, the tenant shall serve the tenant’s notice upon the landlord.”

The lengthy document comes as Andrew is preparing to depart Royal Lodge without receiving any financial settlement.

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The Crown Estate informed MPs that necessary repairs to the 30-room property will almost certainly cancel out any money owed to the former tenant.

Without the need for end-of-tenancy work, Andrew would have been due £488,342.21 upon vacating the residence on October 30, 2026.

However, the estate body’s preliminary view indicates that the cost of rectifying dilapidations will effectively cancel out this potential payout when he surrenders the lease early.

In its briefing to parliamentarians, the Crown Estate stated: “Our initial assessment is that while the extent of end of tenancy dilapidations and repairs required are not out of keeping with a tenancy of this duration, they will mean in all likelihood that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not be owed any compensation for early surrender of the lease once dilapidations are taken into account.”

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The estate body cautioned that “before this position can be fully validated, however, a full and thorough assessment must be undertaken post-occupation by an expert in dilapidation”.

Andrew submitted the minimum required 12 months’ notice to vacate the property on October 30.

It follows the confirmation that King Charles had ordered the removal of two prestigious honours previously bestowed on his brother.

The monarch ordered the cancellation and annulment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, which was conferred on April 23, 2006.

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His name will be removed from the order’s official register.

In a parallel move, Charles has also cancelled Andrew’s appointment as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, granted on February 19, 2011. This name too will be struck from that order’s register.

These actions follow the removal of Andrew’s remaining titles last month, which left him as a commoner stripped of royal status.

A statement from Buckingham Palace read: “His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.

“Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.

“Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.

“Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”