Overview
- Buckingham Palace said a formal procedure has begun to remove his styles and honours, after which he will be known publicly as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- He loses the Duke of York title, the style His Royal Highness and other honours, with his name reported as removed from the official roll of the peerage, while he remains eighth in line and his daughters keep their titles.
- His lease at the Royal Lodge has been terminated and he will relocate to a private residence on the Sandringham estate funded from the King’s personal resources, and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will also leave the Royal Lodge and lose ducal styling.
- The changes will be executed via royal warrants sent to Lord Chancellor David Lammy to update official records.
- The step follows Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and renewed scrutiny of ties to Jeffrey Epstein; Andrew denies the allegations, public reaction has been broadly approving, and campaigners are exploring further legal actions.