The former Duke of York has finally packed up and moved on but his change of address is doing little to quiet the noise around him.

After months of whispers, he has vacated Royal Lodge and taken up residence at Wood Farm Cottage on the Sandringham Estate, where he’ll stay until nearby Marsh Farm is prepared. 

The relocation, however, hasn’t gone down smoothly with everyone in the area.

Visitors and locals alike have been quick to voice their disbelief at the arrangement, questioning why the King’s troubled brother is being housed on a royal estate at all. 

One elderly visitor wondered how someone described as sidelined can truly be so when he’s still being given a roof within palace grounds. 

Another scoffed that the move hardly looks like a step down, it sounds more like a return to comfort than a retreat.

Others are more annoyed by the sudden spotlight on their normally peaceful surroundings. 

One resident complained that the influx of cameras and reporters has shattered village calm. 

Though Wood Farm Cottage lacks the grandeur of Andrew’s former home, it’s no bare-bones bolthole. 

The property has reportedly been given a security heavy makeover, including the installation of a towering six foot fence to replace the original wire barrier. 

Prince Harry had been pursuing a case against the Daily Mail Publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited, along with seven other high-profile claimants.

The Duke of Sussex had accused the publisher for acquiring private information via ‘unlawful’ means and had given a detailed testimony in the Royal Courts of Justice last month.

When asked why he hadn’t complained about some of the articles at the heart of his claim, Harry responded that “to a certain extent” he believed the information in the articles came from legitimate sources.

He also thought that “the institution” would not have allowed him to complain anyway.

While Harry’s case is still ongoing, a surprise Jeffery Epstein connection emerged in which the convicted paedophile claimed “the Palace” asked him to take legal action against a newspaper for alleged phone hacking.

In the email, dated July 12, 2011, Epstein was getting legal advice on how he should open the case against the New York Post, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Group in New York.

“If you have been following the issues of Rupert Murdoch, and News intl. He closed one of his newspapers in London, after it was caught hacking phone,” the email reads.

“Well, there is no love lost in the palace for him. They say they have evidence that the NY post hacked my phones, to get to Prince Andrew.”

It continued, “The palace has asked if i would bring an action in new york. a.) I am not a sympathetic figure, but the girl who accused Andrew is even less credible than Strauss Kahn’s maid b.) I’m not sure if I want the battle. c) I’m not sure if you would be conflicted.”

It is unclear what is being referred to as “the Palace” in the email. It could have been Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor or it could be the institution itself.

The email in question comes from the latest tranche of documents released by the US Department of Justice. It was sent two days after News of the World closed down after its owners, News International, admitted to hacking for their work.

This appears to have a similar tone to Prince Harry’s lawsuit but it is possible that these two events could have a connection. It remains to be seen how things unfold in the case.

Rebecca Ferguson is addressing her past confession about an unspecified co-star, who “screamed” at her while on set.

Making the initial claim two years ago, which left parts of the internet scrambling for clues about the mystery actor, the Swedish actress has provided further details about what the moment felt like.

“It wasn’t about the person. It was about me. It was so scary. I didn’t know then how to go, ‘Hey, can I talk to you privately?’” she told Harper’s Bazaar UK. “Now, I would want to believe that I could have taken this person aside.”

She also reflected on the prevalent debate about “woke” culture, saying that she thinks it’s actually “great”.

“A lot of people say that we’ve become too woke, but I think, no, it’s great. The pendulum needs to swing to the other side so that we can find a balance in between.”

Her comments were a reflection about the revelation she made during a February 2024 episode of Reign with Josh Smith podcast.

“I remember there was a moment and this human being was being so insecure and angry because this person couldn’t get the scenes out,” the Dune star had shared.

“And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got screamed at,” she continued. “But because this person was number one on a call sheet, there was no safety net for me. So no one had my back. And I would cry walking off set.”

Though she never revealed which co-star she was talking about, she did confirm that it was neither Tom Cruise nor Hugh Jackman, two of her most famous screen partners.

She has worked with Cruise in the Mission: Impossible franchise while Jackman was her co-star in the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman.

Rebecca Ferguson’s next high profile projects include Dune: Part Three and Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, both set to release later this year.