EMBATTLED Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is facing a new headache — from ramblers fighting to reopen a public footpath beside his Norfolk home.
The former prince has been hit with fresh accusations in the US of committing sex crimes, which he has repeatedly denied.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is facing a new headache as ramblers fight to reopen a public footpath beside his Norfolk home Credit: PA
Andrew’s ‘exile’ home, Marsh Farm, on the Sandringham Estate Credit: Getty
Now veteran rights-of-way campaigner Dr David Ormerod, 79, is fighting to restore historic routes across the King’s private Sandringham Estate.
The retired academic has spent years researching lost footpaths across Norfolk and pursuing applications to have them restored to official maps.
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He has submitted detailed historical evidence over a string of old routes, while local councils have also consulted him about historic pathways.
Paperwork for his latest campaign shows “The Occupier, Marsh Farm” was among those formally served notice of one of the applications.
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The former prince has erected a tall fence around the property on a public road Credit: Paul Edwards
The disputed path comes out on the road next to Andrew’s home Credit: Paul Edwards
Dr Ormerod has used old maps, aerial photographs and other records to argue routes around Sandringham were wrongly wiped from official records around 70 years ago.
One application seeks to have an old route across the Wolferton marshes registered as a restricted byway, which could restore public access immediately beside Andrew’s home.
Dr Ormerod wrote: “It is imperative this public right of way is re-established.”
The Sandringham Estate declined to comment.
The row comes just months after Andrew told police he was chased by an alleged stalker close to Marsh Farm.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he had been walking his dogs when he spotted a man who looked “out of place”.
Andrew said he later drove past the man with his private security guards and saw him wearing a balaclava, adding in a statement read to the court: “Then he realised who I was and began to sprint after my vehicle.”
Alex Jenkinson, 39, is charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Andrew during the alleged confrontation in Wolferton on May 6 and denies the offence.
