Overview
- Buckingham Palace has stripped Andrew of royal styles and required him to vacate Royal Lodge.
- Beatrice and Eugenie retain their titles and places in the line of succession, and they have resumed visible charity work, including Beatrice’s support for premature-birth research and Eugenie’s mentoring with The King’s Foundation.
- Media accounts, citing royal commentators, report a purported “secret deal” in which Andrew relinquished privileges in return for safeguards on his daughters’ roles, with claims the King would rehouse and compensate him.
- The U.S. House Oversight Committee released more than 20,000 Epstein-related pages that include material referencing Andrew, intensifying political and media pressure.
- Multiple outlets report that Sarah Ferguson is being pushed out of Royal Lodge, is removing “Duchess” from company filings, and is preparing to stay with Princess Eugenie in Portugal.