Overview
- Buckingham Palace said the King has initiated a formal process to remove Andrew’s style, titles and honours, and that he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- Formal notice was served for Andrew to surrender the lease on Royal Lodge, with plans for him to relocate to private accommodation on the Sandringham estate.
- The Public Accounts Committee has asked the Treasury and the Crown Estate to justify the Royal Lodge arrangements after an FOI disclosure reported a rent of ‘one peppercorn (if demanded) per annum.’
- The move follows the posthumous publication of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir and renewed public pressure; Giuffre’s family hailed the decision as a ‘victory.’
- Andrew continues to deny the allegations and previously settled a U.S. civil case with Giuffre in 2022; his daughters retain their titles and Sarah Ferguson will leave Royal Lodge to make her own housing arrangements.