Ex-Prince Andrew Believes He’ll Be ‘Welcomed’ and ‘Embraced’ If He Relocates to the Middle East

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is plotting a new life in the Middle East, where Britain’s former prince plans to dive into the dating pool and cash in on his royal lineage, and now his blue-blooded kin are bracing themselves for even more shameful shenanigans, sources say.

“Andrew’s got this idea that he’ll be welcomed into this community of expats over there and embraced like it’s the good old days,” an insider says. “He’s even talking about how he wants to get back to dating. The royals will be relieved to see him go, but they’ll also be worrying about what he might get up to once he’s off and operating completely on his own terms.”

As National Enquirer readers know, King Charles, 77, stripped brother Andrew of his birthright title, as well as that of the Duke of York, and ordered the 65-year-old to vacate his crown-owned residence of Royal Lodge in Windsor because of his scandalous links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew planned to stash his controversial sibling at his private Sandringham Estate in Norfolk — and sources say the king’s heir, Prince William, considers his uncle Andrew an embarrassment and will keep the disgraced ex-duke at a distance when William ascends to the throne.

However, the insider shares, “Andrew has absolutely no intention of settling quietly into Sandringham. He sees it as humiliating and beneath him. He says if Charles and William think they can park him in some falling-down dump and pretend that he no longer exists, they have another thing coming.”

Four years ago, Andrew was banned from being a working royal by Queen Elizabeth, who took away her son’s palace duties and paycheck months before her death in 2022 after Epstein sex slave Virginia Giuffre sued the former prince for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was 17.

Andrew denied the accusations of Virginia, who died in April 2025 at age 41 of an apparent suicide, but still paid her a reported $16 million to settle her suit.

As the Enquirer previously reported, sources say Andrew has already dispatched intermediaries to scout villas in areas such as the United Arab Emirates.

The insider adds, “He’s convinced a life in the Middle East would suit him. He says he can have a fresh start there because it’s much more old-school. He’s convinced people won’t constantly judge him. He genuinely thinks he can still cash in on his former status.”