Overview
- Buckingham Palace has begun a formal process to remove Andrew’s remaining royal styles, titles and honours, with future references to him as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- Palace officials served notice to surrender the Royal Lodge lease, and Andrew will relocate to private accommodation on the Sandringham estate funded from the King’s personal resources.
- Sarah Ferguson has lost her courtesy title and is expected to leave the Royal Lodge as well, with multiple reports indicating she will need to secure her own housing rather than move to Sandringham.
- The move follows renewed scrutiny tied to Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and earlier allegations that Andrew denies; he previously settled Giuffre’s 2022 civil claim without admitting liability.
- Public and political reaction in the UK has been broadly supportive; Andrew remains eighth in the line of succession, and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie retain their titles.