Overview
- Buckingham Palace said the King has initiated formal steps to revoke Andrew’s styles, titles and honours, and that he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- Andrew has been told to vacate the Royal Lodge in Windsor and is expected to move into private accommodation on the Sandringham estate at the King’s personal expense.
- Implementation is proceeding via royal warrants to the Lord Chancellor, with Andrew removed from the Roll of the Peerage and honours such as HRH, Duke of York and the Order of the Garter set to be withdrawn.
- The move drew broad public approval as Virginia Giuffre’s family welcomed it and campaigners urged further legal scrutiny, though Andrew continues to deny wrongdoing and no criminal case has been announced.
- Andrew remains eighth in the line of succession, and any exclusion would require an Act of Parliament and consent from the other Commonwealth realms.