Overview
- Defence Secretary John Healey said the government, at the King's direction, is working to remove Andrew's Vice Admiral rank and will follow palace guidance on any medal decisions.
- Buckingham Palace has removed him from the Roll of the Peerage, and he is now publicly known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor while his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie retain their titles.
- He has been told to leave the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park and relocate to a smaller residence on the King's Sandringham estate.
- Fresh pressure was fueled by court records releasing 2010 emails in which he sought a meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, alongside renewed claims highlighted in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.
- He remains eighth in the line of succession, a change that would require legislation across multiple realms, and he continues to deny the allegations after a 2022 civil settlement.