A film dramatising the downfall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is reportedly being prepared for release, possibly before the end of 2026 — the latest indignity in a year that has seen the former Prince Andrew arrested, evicted and, now, absent from his family’s summer gathering in Scotland.
Titled “The Janitor,” the project features fictionalised versions of the scandals that have engulfed the 66-year-old, with “Peaky Blinders” actor Harry Kirton cast as a publicist whose job is scrubbing the messes of the powerful. One scene reportedly depicts a journalist placing the notorious photograph of Andrew with Virginia Giuffre in front of him. Producers have yet to say who will portray Andrew himself. A production source said the film’s legal team has “bullet-proofed every single frame,” with backlash expected. Andrew’s lawyers were approached by the production company, which invited him to give his account before the script was locked; he has reportedly declined to engage with the filmmakers or comment publicly.
Against that backdrop, an invitation from King Charles III to spend part of the summer with relatives at Balmoral Castle has been rebuffed by Andrew — a refusal that quietly extinguishes talk of a thaw between the brothers.
Roughly 30 members of the wider royal family are expected at the 50,000-acre Scottish estate in the weeks ahead for the yearly retreat, an occasion long treated as a barometer of who is and isn’t inside the fold. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is also anticipated. Andrew, by all accounts, will not be there.
Andrew Fears Being Treated as an Outcast
The story was first reported on August 18, with a friend of Andrew’s describing a man convinced his relatives have discarded him and certain that a stay in Scotland would leave him frozen out and ill at ease from start to finish.
The calculation, according to that account, is that the journey north would achieve nothing except to advertise how alone he now is. Those close to him say he has not laid eyes on the king once in 2026 — remarkable given that Charles has spent time at Sandringham in Norfolk, the estate where Andrew now lives, reportedly about a mile from his brother.
His most recent appearance beside his relatives came at the Duchess of Kent’s funeral in September 2025. He did spend as much as a fortnight at Balmoral in 2025, though onlookers there described a solitary figure who kept largely to himself, away from the rest of the party.
A Year of Escalating Disgrace
The declined invitation caps a brutal 12 months. In November 2025 the king stripped him of three things at once: the right to be styled “Prince,” the “His Royal Highness” designation, and the dukedom of York. Charles followed that in February 2026 by turning him out of Royal Lodge, the 30-room Windsor property he had called home since 2004. Andrew moved briefly to Wood Farm, a residence on land the king owns privately at Sandringham, before taking up permanent residence at Marsh Farm on the same estate.
February 2026 also brought his arrest, on his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Roughly 12 hours of questioning followed before he was released under investigation. At the heart of the case are allegations that he passed sensitive material to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein while acting as the United Kingdom’s trade envoy. The inquiry has since reportedly expanded to take in sexual assault and trafficking allegations. Andrew has consistently rejected any suggestion of wrongdoing, and the claims have not been confirmed by him, the king or Buckingham Palace.
Millions of pages of records tied to Epstein’s network have been made public by the U.S. Department of Justice, intensifying attention on Andrew’s dealings with the convicted sex offender. Epstein took his own life in a US detention facility in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Andrew withdrew from official royal work years earlier as public anger over the friendship refused to subside.
Buckingham Palace, announcing the removal of the titles in late 2025, said the step had to be taken despite Andrew’s ongoing denials, adding that the sympathies of the king and queen lay squarely with victims and survivors of abuse.
Isolation Deepens at Sandringham
Marsh Farm has proved a lonely address. Sarah Ferguson, his ex-wife, has stayed away, as have his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Among his immediate relations, only his brother Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, has visited since the Windsor eviction. Numerous accounts have portrayed him as profoundly isolated. He was also reportedly seen in France this summer, amid rumours he had been looking at property there.
Closer to home, a criminal case involving him is still working its way through the courts. Alex Jenkinson, 39, was charged in May 2026 with using threatening behavior toward Andrew near Sandringham on May 6, 2026, and has pleaded not guilty. Andrew, walking his dogs when the incident occurred, described a balaclava-clad man who, in his words, “began to sprint after my vehicle.” A witness statement from him was read at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in early August 2026. Jenkinson, homeless and staying in a hotel, was refused permission to bring into court the support dog his lawyer said he needs because of ADHD. Suffolk Police is separately pursuing a Stalking Protection Order to stop him going near Andrew, contacting him, entering Norfolk or visiting a list of royal residences. Trial is scheduled for December 21, with Andrew expected to testify by video link.
Christmas Plans and What Comes Next
With Balmoral settled, attention turns to a question watchers expect to sharpen as winter approaches: whether Andrew will walk to the Christmas church service at Sandringham with the rest of the family, an appearance freighted with its own public meaning about his standing.
A police investigation that may yet grow wider, a dramatisation of his disgrace heading for screens and family bonds thinning month by month leave a man who once ranked among the most visible figures in the House of Windsor passing the summer alone on a Norfolk farm — uninvited in spirit, if not in fact.