Sarah Ferguson's Mayfair home 'does not solve the Prince Andrew problem'

As Andrew continues to grapple with the King over keeping his royal residence in Windsor, Fergie has been hauled into the row after neighbours claimed the house remains empty.

The two-bedroom Georgian house is located in Belgravia - a short distance from the homes of their two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

Gareth Russell, a royal commentator, spoke exclusively to GB News about whether Andrew and Sarah could realistically move into the Mayfair property amid the siege of Royal Lodge.

He said: “Certainly, the Duchess of York could live safely and comfortably at the home, and her daughters and grandchildren could visit her there and stay there very regularly.

“However, the security for Prince Andrew will always be a factor.

“Moving someone like Prince Andrew, who is a brother of the monarch and also a very controversial public figure, into a private residence in the centre of one of the busiest cities in the world, is not something that can feasibly be undertaken unless there is a security presence there.

"Plus, that doesn't really solve the problem of how to keep Andrew safe without making him a burden to the taxpayer.

“There doesn't seem to me to be any way in which Prince Andrew can relocate into Mayfair or any part of London without substantial security that either he pays for himself, which he won't be able to afford for very long, or is paid for by the taxpayer.

“And whatever one thinks of Prince Andrew, certainly, he is an immensely controversial figure.

“Frequently in polls, he is the least popular member of the Royal Family by quite a distance."

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Russell argued that the only logical place to move the Duke of York is to Frogmore Cottage, the former UK base of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

He added: “Prince Andrew is also the brother of the sovereign, and as a result, he will be a target of terrorist threats and kidnapping, which is why the safest thing for him to do is to go into Frogmore, because it's within the Windsor security court, which means that it is within an area of Crown land that is already protected by security.

“So if he goes to Frogmore, he will be safe at no extra cost, either to the monarchy or to the taxpayer.”