Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Faces Shopping Headache

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is facing a shopping headache as Waitrose delivery drivers are ‘pulling straws’ to decide who drops off his orders. 

At least three Waitrose deliveries have been sent to Andrew’s temporary residence at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate since he arrived there about four weeks ago.

Waitrose delivery drivers are generally allocated routes based on their shift pattern and tend to be dispatched on the same routes frequently. 

Some delivery drivers from the upscale grocery shop, it has been alleged, are reluctant to bring goods to the former prince’s five-bedroom home.

A source told the Eastern Daily Press on Saturday that staff at the supermarket chain are ‘pulling straws’ to decide who will handle Andrew’s orders. 

The first Waitrose delivery to the former Duke of York came on February 6, when one of the supermarket’s vans was spotted heading down his 300-yard-long driveway.

The driver remained at the address for 15 minutes – a much longer stay than the average drop-off for a delivery.

Exactly one week later, another delivery appeared at the same time; however, last week’s delivery was a day later on Saturday.

The change of day is thought to be a result of Andrew’s inability to place an online order as normal on Thursday of last week, when he spent 11 hours in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.

It comes as The Sun previously reported staff at Sandringham estate allegedly went on ‘strike’ upon Andrew’s arrival at the estate to avoid working for him. 

A source told the paper: ‘They’ve been told they don’t have to serve Andrew or work for him if they feel uncomfortable. There is already quite a list saying no thanks. There is understandably a lot of disquiet as he is now a total pariah.’

Andrew is facing allegations that he sent confidential government documents to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein while working as a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. 

Emails released by the US Department of Justice in January seem to show him sharing reports of official visits to the paedophile. 

Andrew, who turned 66 on the day of his arrest, has previously denied any misconduct related to Epstein and has publicly said he regrets their friendship. 

His links to the convicted sex offender forced him to step down from his royal duties, and he was stripped of his royal patronages in January 2022.

Waitrose has previously received a Royal warrant from King Charles in May 2024, and is known to be a favoured supermarket of Royals such as the Princess of Wales, Catherine. 

As much as I don’t like any of the Royal Family. I doubt very much that Andrew answers the door to anyone personally, and it wouldn’t be delivered to him; it would be one of his staff. It wouldn’t be ordered or cooked by him either.

Anyway, drivers are paid to do their job, regardless of who they are delivering to, and I’m sure Andrew doesn’t shuffle to the door in his slippers and haul the bags to the kitchen, and besides, who gives a damn about Andrew’s shopping?

However, whether we like him or not, he’s a customer!