Published on 30/10/2025 – 20:23 GMT+1
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King Charles is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Thursday.
The palace said Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince.
The move follows revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,” the statement from Buckingham Palace read.
“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. 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.”
Prince Andrew announced earlier this month that he is giving up his royal title of Duke of York and other honours after renewed attention over his friendship with Epstein.
In a statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew said that “the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the royal family.”
Adding, “With His Majesty’s agreement, I feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”
That announcement came ahead of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, who claimed Epstein trafficked her and that she had sexual encounters with Andrew when she was 17.
“Nobody’s Girl” detailed three alleged sexual encounters with Andrew, who she said acted as if he believed “having sex with me was his birthright.”
Andrew, 65, has long denied Giuffre’s claims but stepped down from royal duties after a disastrous November 2019 BBC interview in which he attempted to rebut her allegations.
Andrew paid millions in an out-of-court settlement in 2022 after Giuffre filed a civil suit against him in New York.
While he didn’t admit wrongdoing, he acknowledged Giuffre’s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.
Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.
Additional sources • AP
