Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is not expected to join the royal family for its traditional summer gathering at Balmoral Castle, according to a report published by Hello! Magazine on 26 July 2026.

Hello! attributed the claim that King Charles has "no plans" to see Andrew over the summer to The Times. A source close to the King told The Times that the prospect of Andrew's presence alongside other family members would raise "considerable sensitivities," Hello! reported. It is not known, the magazine stated, whether Andrew has been formally banned from Balmoral.

The report places Andrew at Marsh Farm, a five-bedroom farmhouse on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where he relocated after leaving Royal Lodge in Windsor. The BBC reported in February 2026 that Andrew had moved out of Royal Lodge "early" and departed for the Sandringham Estate. Hello! Magazine dated the eviction from Royal Lodge to February 2025. Andrew had lived at the Royal Lodge, a Crown Estate property on the Windsor estate, for more than 20 years before his departure Nine.com.au.

His first public outing since the move came on 30 June 2025 at the Sandringham Horse Driving Trials, accompanied by Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie, Hello! reported. The Sun separately obtained photographs of Andrew riding a horse around the Sandringham estate after he had reportedly been "banned" from horseback riding, as cited by Hello!.

The Balmoral question is not new. In August 2025, The Sun reported that Andrew had been seen driving near Balmoral Castle and appeared to have been "snubbed" from the family's gathering there. A year earlier, in August 2024, The Sun had published a royal expert's claim that Andrew would find "refuge" at Balmoral during his summer holidays while still living at what the tabloid called a "crumbling" Royal Lodge.

King Charles has spoken publicly about Balmoral's significance. The Telegraph reported on 1 June 2026 that the King paid tribute to Balmoral as "uniquely special" in a book about Scotland. The Telegraph also published a lengthy piece on 30 October 2025 chronicling Andrew's departure from royal life and describing the King's actions against him as "just and proper" The Telegraph.

What makes the current report worth noting is the gap between the formal record and what the magazines and newspapers describe. No letters patent, Order in Council or household announcement has been published excluding Andrew from Balmoral. The "no plans" formulation attributed to The Times is a statement about the King's diary, not a ban. The "considerable sensitivities" quotation comes from a source close to the King, not from a named official. Balmoral is a privately owned estate, not a state residence — the King can invite or decline to invite whomever he chooses without any formal instrument.

For readers tracking the household rather than the headlines, the concrete facts are these: Andrew lives at Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate, appeared in public at the driving trials in June 2025 with Edward and Sophie, and the most recent reporting — from Hello! on 26 July 2026 — says he is not expected at Balmoral this summer.