Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Andrew, King Charles III's younger brother, will lose his Prince title and must leave Royal Lodge on the Windsor Castle estate.
This announcement follows Andrew's decision, made days earlier after discussions with King Charles, to voluntarily give up his Duke of York title and all other royal honours. These decisions come amid continued accusations around his association with American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Buckingham Palace's statement further clarified that King Charles III has formally started the process to remove Prince Andrew's "Style, Titles and Honours." From now on, Prince Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Amy Wallace, co-writer of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, responds to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his ‘Prince’ title and moving out of Royal Lodge.
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With British Members of Parliament debating the surprisingly low rent Andrew paid for his royal home, the Palace also stated that he has received a formal notice to end his lease on Royal Lodge, which previously allowed him to live there. He is expected to move to different private accommodation.
The Palace explained that these strong measures are considered necessary, even though Andrew continues to deny all allegations made against him. The statement also concluded by expressing the King and Queen's "utmost sympathies" for victims and survivors of abuse.
Andrew, now 65, had previously stopped using his "His Royal Highness" (HRH) title and stepped down from official royal duties. Earlier this month, he had announced that his other titles would also become inactive, though he consistently denied all accusations against him.
As Queen Elizabeth II's son, Andrew was expected to keep his Prince title, based on royal decrees from King George V in 1917 and updated by his mother in 2012.
In a statement issued on October 18, Prince Andrew explained his earlier decision, saying that after discussions with King Charles and his family, they agreed that ongoing accusations against him were distracting from the King's work and the royal family. He stated his commitment to putting "duty to my family and country first" and reaffirmed his decision five years prior to step back from public life. He added that, with the King's agreement, he would "go a step further" by no longer using his titles or honours, while reiterating his "vigorous" denial of all accusations.
Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will also no longer use her Duchess of York title. However, the titles of their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, are not affected.
These decisions follow renewed public pressure on Andrew, largely due to reports about his association with Epstein and alleged connections to a Chinese spy. More allegations recently emerged with the posthumous release of Nobody's Girl, a memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who had sued Andrew in August 2021 over claims of alleged misconduct and passed away in April, in which she made new accusations.
A naval officer, Andrew served in the military during the Falklands War with Argentina in the early 1980s. He was forced to step down as UK trade ambassador in 2011, before quitting royal duties in 2019. He was then stripped of military links and royal patronages in 2022 amid allegations of sexual misconduct that he has always denied.
The same year, he settled a lawsuit brought by Giuffre, which accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager. Andrew has always denied it. In her book, Giuffre said "entitled" Andrew believed it was his birthright to have sex with her.
