Overview
- Andrew will no longer be styled as a prince and is to be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor under the palace’s decision.
- The palace said he must vacate the Royal Lodge and relocate to a private residence after formal notice to end his occupancy.
- Officials called the measures necessary despite Andrew’s continued denials and expressed sympathy for victims and survivors of abuse.
- Pressure escalated after BBC forensic review concluded a 2006 photo shows Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at the Royal Lodge.
- Reports that Prince William threatened Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie over Andrew’s housing were publicly denied by Kensington Palace, as protests also confronted King Charles over the scandal.