King Charles III will evict Prince Andrew from his royal residence and strip his titles, palace says
LONDON AP King Charles III is stripping his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over Andrew s relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Buckingham Palace announced Thursday that the king has initiated a formal process to remove the Style Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into private accommodation Pressure had been growing 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 charges by one of Epstein s casualties Virginia Roberts Giuffre Related Articles In current times in History October Gerald Ford tells New York City Drop Dead Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba Haiti and Jamaica In current times in History October Black Tuesday signals start of Great Depression At present in History October Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York Nowadays in History October Curse of the Bambino reversed But the king went even further stripping him of the title of prince that he has had since birth as a child of a monarch the late Queen Elizabeth II These censures are deemed necessary notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the claims against him the palace stated Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been and will remain with the sufferers and survivors of any and all forms of abuse Andrew faced a new round of society opprobrium after emails emerged earlier this month showing he had remained in contact with Epstein longer than he previously admitted That news was followed by publication of a posthumous memoir by Epstein accuser Giuffre who alleged she had sex with Andrew when she was Nobody s Girl detailed three alleged sexual encounters with Andrew who she mentioned acted as if he inferred having sex with me was his birthright Andrew has long denied Giuffre s maintains but stepped down from royal duties after a disastrous November BBC interview in which he attempted to rebut her charges Andrew paid millions in an out-of-court settlement in after Giuffre filed a civil suit against him in New York While he didn t admit wrongdoing he acknowledged Giuffre s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of
