King Charles III Strips Prince Andrew of Title, Orders Him Out of Royal Lodge

Prince Andrew has been stripped of his ‘Prince’ rubric and volition vacate his Windsor residence, Royal Lodge, nether a sweeping directive issued by King Charles III connected Thursday.

In a uncommon and unprecedented move, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Andrew volition henceforth beryllium known simply arsenic Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, marking the ceremonial extremity of his royal presumption and privileges.

In a connection released connected Thursday, Buckingham Palace wrote, “His Majesty has contiguous initiated a ceremonial process to region the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.

“Prince Andrew volition present beryllium known arsenic Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease connected Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with ineligible extortion to proceed successful residence. Formal announcement has present been served to surrender the lease and helium volition determination to alternate backstage accommodation.

“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the information that helium continues to contradict the allegations against him. Their Majesties privation to marque wide that their thoughts and utmost sympathies person been, and volition stay with, the victims and survivors of immoderate and each forms of abuse.”

The connection added that the UK authorities was consulted and it supported the King’s decision.

Andrew, 65, has been fixed ceremonial announcement to vacate Royal Lodge, his longtime residence successful Windsor, with plans underway for his relocation to the royal property astatine Sandringham, Norfolk.

Sarah Ferguson, the Duke’s erstwhile wife, volition determination retired and marque abstracted surviving arrangements. Ferguson, 66, had remained astatine Royal Lodge contempt their 1996 divorce. Earlier successful October, she besides mislaid the rubric of Duchess of York aft Andrew relinquished the Duke of York title, reverting to her maiden name, Sarah Ferguson.

Their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, volition nevertheless clasp their royal titles. Buckingham Palace confirmed this was successful enactment with King George V’s 1917 Letters Patent, which grants specified titles to the children of a lad of a sovereign.

Royal historiographer and author, Andrew Lownie, who precocious published “The Rise and Fall of the House of York,” described the determination arsenic “a immense humiliation” for Andrew.

“They’re yet getting up of the story, but this isn’t the extremity of it,” Lownie told the BBC.

“The Palace is yet taking immoderate decisive action, but it won’t wholly fulfill the nationalist disquiet. He’s been precise depressed astir it all, adjacent though he’s been defiant successful public.”

LEADERSHIP reports that the determination followed renewed scrutiny of Andrew’s ties to convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, aft 2011 emails surfaced showing interaction betwixt the 2 months aft Andrew claimed to person ended the friendship.

The fallout intensified aft a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who died earlier successful 2025, reiterated her allegations that she was forced to person enactment with Andrew arsenic a teenager, claims helium has ever denied.

In a connection issued Thursday, Virginia Giuffre’s household hailed the King’s enactment arsenic a measurement of justness for their precocious sister.

“Today, an mean American miss from an mean American household brought down a British prince with her information and bonzer courage,” said her member Skye Roberts and sister-in-law Amanda Roberts.

“Virginia Roberts Giuffre, our sister, a kid erstwhile she was sexually assaulted by Andrew, ne'er stopped warring for accountability for what had happened to her and countless different survivors similar her.

“Today, she declares victory. We, her family, on with her subsister sisters, proceed Virginia’s conflict and volition not remainder until the aforesaid accountability applies to each of the abusers and abettors connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.”

Despite losing his titles and home, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Andrew remains eighth successful enactment to the throne, pursuing thr children of his younger member Prince Harry – Archie and Lilibet.