As workers continue preparing Marsh Farm on King Charles’s Sandringham estate for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s impending relocation, a pest control van from Command Pest Control was recently spotted at the property — a sign that staff are dealing with the kinds of rodents and other critters that often invade old country homes, especially in winter when rats and mice seek warmth indoors. Command Pest Control, which holds a Royal Warrant, specializes in removing unwanted pests like rats, mice, squirrels, and wasp nests, and sightings of the vehicle underscore the basic, unglamorous work involved in readying the modest five-bedroom farmhouse for the disgraced royal’s arrival.

The moment is rich with unintended symbolism: as a man once enveloped in royal privilege is being moved into a far humbler estate residence, pest controllers are literally hunting rats at the place he’s set to occupy. That juxtaposition has not been lost on observers, who note the irony of a two-legged “rat” of scandal and controversy — Andrew, whose reputation has been shredded by his links to Jeffrey Epstein — being housed among four-legged rats, the kind property managers are actively trying to evict. It’s a vivid, almost satirical image of how drastically his circumstances have changed, from Windsor grandeur to rural pest preparation.

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Ratcatcher pest firm is spotted outside Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's new Sandringham home - while former prince rides horse near Royal Lodge as he prepares to move out | Daily Mail Online