Overview
- Defence Secretary John Healey said the government is working to remove Andrew’s honorary vice-admiral rank at the King’s request.
- Buckingham Palace days earlier began a formal process to withdraw his remaining titles and honours and ended his Royal Lodge lease, with future styling as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- Andrew is expected to relocate to a smaller home on the Sandringham estate, with UK media reporting the accommodation will be privately funded by the monarch and that the move should occur as soon as possible.
- British outlets report a six‑figure payment linked to an eviction clause — tabloid The Sun cites £558,000 — and some reports mention a privately funded annual stipend; none of these figures have been officially confirmed.
- Sources say removing him from the line of succession is not being pursued because it would require constitutional changes, while Andrew continues to deny the allegations that led to his 2022 civil settlement.