Overview
- Buckingham Palace said a formal process has begun to remove Prince Andrew’s style, titles and honors, and that he will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- His Royal Lodge lease has been rescinded and he has been told to leave; multiple outlets report he will relocate to a Sandringham property funded privately by the king.
- Removing specific titles such as the Duke of York will require legislation, with reporting indicating the government has signaled support for the monarch’s decision.
- The palace cited renewed scrutiny from a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre and leaked emails showing 2011 contact with Jeffrey Epstein; Andrew continues to deny the allegations.
- Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie keep their titles under the 1917 letters patent, and Sarah Ferguson will also depart Royal Lodge, according to reports.