Prince Andrew leaves attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Fortress, England, April 20.
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LONDON — King Charles III is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence, Buckingham Palace stated Thursday.
In a press release, the palace stated Andrew can be referred to as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and never as a prince, and he’ll transfer from his Royal Lodge residence into “private accommodation.”
The transfer follows revelations about Andrew’s relationship with convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Strain had been rising on the palace to oust the prince from Royal Lodge after he surrendered his use of the title Duke of York earlier this month over his friendship with Epstein and allegations by one among Epstein’s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
However the king went even additional, stripping him of the title of prince that he has had since beginning as a toddler of a monarch, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him,” the palace stated. “Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.”
