King Charles Removes Prince Andrew's Titles

King Charles III has initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of his brother, Prince Andrew, and Buckingham Palace has served formal notice requiring him to surrender the lease on Royal Lodge and move to alternative private accommodation; he will henceforth be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The palace said the sanctions were "deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him," and expressed the monarchs' sympathies for victims and survivors of abuse. The action follows renewed revelations about Andrew’s relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the publication of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre alleging abuse. Andrew, who stepped back from public duties after a 2019 BBC interview and had earlier been stripped of patronages and military roles, denies the allegations but has acknowledged the controversy distracted the royal family. Officials and politicians described the move as a decisive and unprecedented fall from grace for a once-prominent royal, and Andrew's daughters will retain their royal titles.