Overview
- Buckingham Palace said a formal process is under way to remove Andrew’s style, titles and honours, and that he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- Formal notice was served to surrender the Royal Lodge lease, with a move to private accommodation on the Sandringham estate to follow and costs privately covered by the King.
- The action covers the titles Prince, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh, with reporting that royal warrants to the Lord Chancellor will finalize removals and associated honours such as the Order of the Garter.
- Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie retain their titles under the 1917 Letters Patent, while Sarah Ferguson will not be rehoused by the King and must arrange separate accommodation.
- The palace cited intensified attention from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir and fresh reporting about guests at Royal Lodge, while noting Andrew denies the allegations and previously settled a 2022 civil case.