Overview
- Buckingham Palace said a formal process is underway to remove the style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew, who will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- Formal notice has been served requiring surrender of his Royal Lodge lease, and he will relocate to private accommodation, with multiple reports indicating a move to the Sandringham estate.
- The palace called the censures necessary even as he continues to deny the allegations, and expressed sympathy for victims and survivors of abuse.
- Andrew did not object to the action, the King has support from the wider family including the Prince of Wales, private provision will be made for his housing, and Sarah Ferguson will also leave Royal Lodge.
- Renewed scrutiny of his Epstein ties combined with questions over a long-term ‘peppercorn’ rent lease triggered political pressure, including a parliamentary committee seeking answers from the Treasury and Crown Estate.