Overview
- Letters Patent dated 3 November and published in The Gazette state Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is no longer entitled to the style of Royal Highness or the titular dignity of Prince.
- A separate Warrant under the King’s Royal Sign Manual dated 30 October directed the immediate removal of the Duke of York from the Roll of the Peerage.
- Formal notice has been served to surrender the Royal Lodge lease, and he is expected to move to private accommodation on the King’s Sandringham estate with costs met privately.
- Metropolitan Police actions remain under review following past decisions not to proceed in 2016 and reports about a 2011 request via a protection officer, while parliamentary scrutiny and calls from US lawmakers for testimony continue.
- Renewed focus stems from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and newly surfaced emails showing contact with Jeffrey Epstein after the claimed break, as Andrew denies the allegations and retains his daughters’ titles, with operational medals kept and honorary ranks under review.