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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor may not move out of Royal Lodge until next year and could be in line for a £500,000 payout when he is evicted, according to reports.
The disgraced royal, 65, has already surrendered his lease on the 30-room mansion in Windsor and is due to move into a new home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
However, questions have now been raised over whether Andrew might get hundreds of thousands of pounds back from the Crown Estate when he leaves.
The former Duke of York, who has paid 'peppercorn rent' for over 20 years, had a lease that was not due to expire until 2078.
And because he paid more than £8million upfront to rent and renovate the property in 2003 when he moved in, Andrew could be entitled to more than £500,000.
The deal was that if he left within the first 25 years, he may be able to claim back some of the money he paid in advance.
Andrew last night began the 'protracted' of becoming a private citizen after he was stripped of his Prince title.
Buckingham Palace added that Andrew will be thrown out of the Royal Lodge where he had paid 'a peppercorn rent' for decades.
He is now due to move to a private property on the monarch's Sandringham estate but the move could take months.
It is understood that the delay will allow the Royal Family to avoid a potentially awkward encounter during their traditional Christmas celebrations at Sandringham, The Telegraph has reported.
But even though the estate is set in around 20,000 acres, there are not as many publicly known options for Andrew's new home as might be expected.
Wood Farm, the five-bed property which Prince Philip enjoyed in his retirement, is understood to have been ruled out as an option.
Princess Diana's childhood home, the rambling Park House, has been empty for more than five years but is unlikely to be considered suitable because it spent decades as a respite centre for the disabled and is in need of renovation.
Other potential options include The Folly and the Gardens House, both of which are currently listed as holiday lets.
Buckingham Palace said 'censures are deemed necessary' on Thursday amid the ongoing scandal over child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom Andrew lied about cutting ties with.
In a cold statement, the palace said: 'Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.'
The brutal 109-word statement came after weeks of renewed accusations, triggered by The Mail on Sunday, which revealed bombshell emails laying bare the depth of his friendship with Epstein.
Combined with Virginia Giuffre's devastating posthumous memoir, which revealed further revelations about Andrew's links with questionable businessmen and mounting public fury over the advantageous lease on his Windsor mansion, the King removed his titles and lodging.
Andrew will now have to face a new reality - one which could see him distanced from his beloved daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, according to royal experts.
Royal biographer Richard Fitzwilliams told the Daily Mail their relationship will 'change drastically'.
'His daughters will want to keep as much distance as possible from him. It will be devastating for them.'
Princesses Beatrice, 37, and Eugenie, 35, will retain their Royal titles despite their father no longer being a prince.
Angela Levin, a royal commentator and biographer, told the Daily Mail the pair will want to avoid him as much as possible but might have to 'step up' and parent their father if he becomes 'desperate'.
She said: 'I think Andrew will feel so crumbled about what has happened. He's always been so pompous and trusting himself as being so clever.
'For him to have everything taken away, and for that to happen in front of your children, who are grown up and can understand what he is being accused of, is very embarrassing to him, and for his own children.
'He will have to lean on them if he has no one else.'