King Charles continues to strip his brother, Prince Andrew, of all royal privileges.
Buckingham Palace confirmed Thursday that the monarch has launched a formal process to remove all titles and honors from Andrew following intensifying backlash over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein and renewed allegations in a memoir by Epstein’s late victim, Virginia Giuffre.
“His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,” the palace stated.
He will now go by Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and has been told to surrender his lease on Royal Lodge, which once shielded him legally.
“Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation,” the statement added.
The move comes despite Andrew’s ongoing denials of the sexual assault allegations. Buckingham Palace emphasized, “These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.”
King Charles is expected to fund Andrew’s relocation to a home on the privately owned Sandringham estate. This decision was reportedly made to address “serious lapses of judgment,” not just bad press.
And while he’s now without formal rank, Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne, a status that could only change with an act of Parliament and approval from Commonwealth nations.
The Palace made its position clear: “Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”
Andrew has not addressed this move publicly.
