But the former Duke of York remained unseen as media gathered around the entrance to the remote farm on the Sandringham Estate where he is reportedly staying.

Numerous vehicles were seen entering and leaving Wood Farm at Wolferton, where Mr Mountbatten-Windsor is now said to be living while renovation work is carried out on nearby Marsh Farm, his permanent new home.

Heavy traffic to Wood Farm included a number of cars and 4x4s as well as builders' vans and a lorry from a portable toilet hire firm, which arrived with two loos on the back and left with one, suggesting work might be under way at the property.

A 4x4 driving through the gateway to Wood Farm on Wednesday (Image: Chris Bishop)

A Land Rover driving out of Wood Farm (Image: Chris Bishop)

A fuel tanker also pulled into the farm, presumably to top up its heating oil supplies with a cold snap predicted.

Elsewhere life went on in the quiet village on the edge of the marshes, where he is believed to have moved to from Royal Lodge at Windsor on Tuesday evening.

The former royal was not expected to move to Norfolk just yet, but his relocation was apparently speeded up amid renewed scrutiny and public anger over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein following the release of more documents relating to the late paedophile and financier.

Photographers and camera crews were camped outside the entrance to the secluded farm, with its Private No Entry sign next to the church.

Life appeared to be going on as normal in Wolferton, a remote village on the edge of the........

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