Overview
- He has entered a formal process to remove all styles, honors and the princely status, with the royal to be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
- The Palace has rescinded his Royal Lodge lease and he is set to move to a property on the Sandringham estate funded privately by the King, with timing reported as soon as possible and, by some accounts, potentially by late January.
- Downing Street was consulted and signaled support for the decision, with reporting also indicating backing from Prince William.
- Andrew maintains his denials as renewed scrutiny from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and leaked emails intensifies political and public pressure for accountability.
- Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie keep their titles under longstanding royal rules, Andrew remains eighth in the line of succession, and campaigners urge him to cooperate with U.S. and potential parliamentary inquiries.