King Charles III has taken the unprecedented step of stripping his brother, Prince Andrew, of all remaining royal titles and honours, and evicting him from his official residence amid renewed scrutiny over his ties to convicted s+x offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday that the king had “initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,” marking the first time in over a century that a British royal has been stripped of such status. Following the move, Andrew will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and will relocate from the Royal Lodge to private accommodation on the Sandringham estate.
The decision follows mounting public and political pressure after fresh evidence showed Andrew maintained contact with Epstein longer than he previously admitted. The controversy was reignited by the release of Nobody’s Girl, a memoir by Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused Andrew of s+xually ab¥sing her at age 17. Giuffre, who d+ed in April, had previously reached a multimillion-pound settlement with Andrew in 2022, though he never admitted wrongdoing.
In a statement, Buckingham Palace said the king’s decision reflected “serious lapses of judgement,” adding that “Their Majesties’ sympathies remain with victims and survivors of all forms of ab¥se.”
Giuffre’s brother, Skye Roberts, hailed the move as justice for his late sister, saying, “An ordinary American girl brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage.”
Andrew, 65, had already relinquished the title Duke of York earlier this month and will now lose all his remaining honours, including the Order of the Garter and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
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