Overview
- Defence Minister John Healey told the BBC the government, guided by the King, is working to revoke Andrew’s Vice-Admiral title, with any decision on medals to follow the monarch’s lead.
- Buckingham Palace said on Oct. 30 that King Charles initiated a formal process to remove Andrew’s titles and honors, that he will be known publicly as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and that he must leave Royal Lodge for accommodation on the Sandringham estate.
- Newly unsealed court records from the U.S. Virgin Islands–JPMorgan case include a 2010 email in which Andrew sought a meeting with Jeffrey Epstein months after Epstein’s prison release.
- Public and institutional pressure has intensified after the posthumous release of Virginia Giuffre’s memoirs; Andrew denies allegations and paid her several million dollars in 2022 to settle her civil claim.
- Beatrice and Eugenie retain their princess titles but are expected to keep their distance, and media reports cite insiders who say Camilla, Princess Kate and Prince William influenced the push to remove Andrew’s honors.