Overview
- Palace officials confirm a formal process to remove Andrew’s royal titles and honours, with him to be styled Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- His Royal Lodge tenancy has been formally targeted for termination, and British media report he will relocate to a privately funded residence on the Sandringham estate.
- Royal Warrants from the King to the Lord Chancellor will effect the changes, covering HRH, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh and major orders such as the Garter and the Victorian Order.
- The announcement follows renewed attention after Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir; Andrew continues to deny the allegations as Giuffre’s family calls the move a moral victory.
- Sarah Ferguson loses her royal style and has not been offered a replacement royal residence, while Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie keep their titles and Andrew remains eighth in the line of succession.