The “delicate” situation surrounding Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is raising alarms among their dwindling circle of friends as the deadline approaches for their departure from Royal Lodge.

With their reputations tainted by a connection to disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, and facing exclusion from senior royals like King Charles and Prince William, the duo confronts an uncertain path after vacating their rent-free Windsor residence by January 30.

Andrew’s social isolation appears to be further cemented by revelations that his daughter Eugenie has severed ties with him following the Epstein controversy.

This development follows reports that the former prince has discreetly visited his new residence at Sandringham for the first time.

According to the Daily Mail, the small group of confidants who still stand by the couple have grown increasingly concerned about their well-being in recent weeks.

Fergie has been prone to bursting into tears on a daily basis – while the collapse of Andrew’s social support network has already left him demoralised ahead of a move that will see him ever more cut off, they say.

Andrew, 65, who was stripped of his royal titles in October after being caught lying over his involvement with the financier, is said to be ‘devastated’ at the estrangement from his younger daughter, which followed months of further damaging revelations last year about the relationship with Epstein.

Amid heightened concerns about Andrew’s deteriorating mental health, police not only revoked his firearms licence late last year, but also reportedly took his gun collection away for safekeeping at other royal properties.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will have to leave Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate by the end of the month after being evicted from the sprawling property and he will move to Sandringham

In an unusual domestic arrangement Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have been living at Royal Lodge together despite ending their marriage some three decades ago

Andrew was spotted out riding at Windsor Castle on Saturday – just weeks before he is expected to vacate the Royal Lodge

After the former couple were forced out of of Royal Lodge (pictured) Andrew is moving to Marsh Farm in Norfolk on his brother Charles’s estate. But it is unclear where Sarah Ferguson will be going

A van arrives at Royal Lodge, on the Windsor estate, as Andrew prepares to move out

In a fresh blow for Andrew, his daughter Eugenie, 35, who established The Anti-Slavery Collective to help counter sex trafficking, is said to have taken a dim view of her father’s refusal to apologise to Epstein’s victims, and did not visit him at Christmas. 

As he prepares to head to Norfolk within the next two weeks, his eventual home on the Sandringham Estate, Marsh Farm, is being worked on by builders and far from ready, according to royal sources.

‘He’ll probably have to live in Sandringham House until Marsh Farm is finished,’ said a source.

The four or five staff employed at Royal Lodge in the roles of butler, chef, gardener and housekeepers, are being paid off.

‘They obviously don’t want to move to Norfolk, and as most of them are nearing retirement age, they’ve basically been made redundant on generous terms,’ said the source.

‘I suspect that Andrew will have more of a skeleton staff when he eventually moves into Marsh Farm, as it’s not realistic to employ so many people to look after one person on their own.’

As the name suggests, Marsh Farm is on a flood plain and below sea level, with nearby residents advised to sign up for Environment Agency alerts in case local measures fail to stop a torrent of water from a nearby bog and the North Sea a mile away.

It is understood that Andrew made his first visit to the house in Wolferton earlier this week. 

As the name suggests, Marsh Farm (pictured) is on a flood plain and below sea level, with nearby residents advised to sign up for Environment Agency alerts

An engineer installs Sky Broadband at Marsh Farm, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is expected to move to. Pictured earlier this month

Workmen carry out jobs at Marsh Farm as the property is prepped for the former Prince

As Andrew prepares to head to Norfolk within the next two weeks, his eventual home on the Sandringham Estate, Marsh Farm, is being worked on by builders and far from ready, according to royal sources

A lorry is spotted at Marsh Farm in Norfolk as builders continue their work at the property

A friend told The Sun: ‘It was the first time he’s seen his new house and he is resigned to the fact that this is his future.

‘He’s come to the conclusion that he has to get on with the rest of his life and accepts he has to make the best of it.’

Andrew reportedly wanted to live at Wood Farm on Sandringham, which is a five-bedroom cottage near the stables and pheasant shooting grounds, but there were concerns that would leave him ‘too close’ to the rest of the family. 

Unlike Eugenie, Beatrice, 37, is walking the delicate path of maintaining contact with her father.

Some of those close to Andrew’s ex-wife Fergie are also worried about her wellbeing.

Fergie, 66, told friends recently that the withdrawal of titles and royal accommodation from herself and Andrew, driven by Prince William and King Charles, was ‘not good for my mental health’.

She confided: ‘They are out for blood in every way.’

According to a source close to the former Duchess of York: ‘She’s on a knife edge and bursting out crying several times a day. She’s really not sure what the future holds.’

While various theories have been floated about regarding where Fergie will eventually live after her ex-husband heads to Norfolk, it’s still unclear.

The ‘fragile’ state of both Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is becoming of increasing concern to their remaining friends

A solid six-foot high wooden fence has sprung up around parts of the Marsh Farm perimeter

The solid new privacy fence replaces flimsy wire that stood before and allowed a good view from the road

A workman measures up for the installation of new security lights on one of the red brick walls

A sign for Wolferton village, near Marsh Farm on the Sandringham estate

A removal lorry leaves Andrew’s Royal Lodge in Windsor in the heavy rain last week

Andrew appeared to be travelling in a Range Rover leaving Royal Lodge last week

Some believe she will opt to spend much of her time at a luxury Portuguese villa of Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank in the exclusive CostaTerra Golf and Ocean Club on the Alentejan coastal strip south of Lisbon.

Prices at the gated resort start at around £3.6million for a villa and A-list neighbours in the area would include Madonna, F1 driver Max Verstappen and shoe tycoon Christian Louboutin. 

Beatrice invited Andrew to the christening of her 11-month-old daughter Athena in London last month but, perhaps tellingly, he did not attend a party held afterwards in a local pub.

It is not clear whether Eugenie spoke to her father at the celebration.

The breakdown of relations between Andrew and Eugenie heaps humiliation on the disgraced former prince as he prepares to leave Royal Lodge, his home on the Windsor Estate for two decades.

A removals van was seen at the property last week as he begins the process of sifting through years of belongings.

Large white lorries have been coming and going from Royal Lodge, where Andrew still rolls around in Range Rovers and takes solemn horse rides.

It is understood that he will initially move into a smaller property on the Sandringham estate while work on Marsh Farm is completed, but should take up permanent residence there by Easter.

A six-foot wooden privacy fence has sprung up around the farm, which is a stone’s throw from a public road, to replace the former wire mesh.

Workmen have been seen using a JCB in the garden and installing security lights to make the place fit for a former prince.

A drone ban over Sandringham was extended last autumn to cover Andrew’s new patch.

Andrew was said to have been urged to remain in London over Christmas to avoid being close to the royals as they spent the festive season at Sandringham.

Beatrice and Eugenie faced a difficult decision over where to spend Christmas. Ultimately they attended the royals’ Christmas Day church service in Norfolk and joined their extended family at Sandringham afterwards.

They were invited by King Charles, who is said to be keen to protect the princesses.