Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Andrew will formally lose his remaining royal titles and must vacate his home at the Royal Lodge in Windsor. The announcement on Thursday, Oct. 30, comes amid renewed scrutiny over his connection to the late s£x offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a statement, the Palace said King Charles has “initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours” of his younger brother. Andrew will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, escalating earlier measures that had already seen him stop using titles such as the Duke of York.
The Palace added that the decision was necessary “notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.” It also emphasized that King Charles and Queen Camilla’s “thoughts and utmost sympathies remain with victims and survivors of all forms of abuse.”
Andrew has also been served a formal notice to leave the Royal Lodge, where he has lived for years. The move follows a revelation—via a Freedom of Information request by The Times—that he was paying a symbolic rent of “one peppercorn per year” on the 30-room property, despite stepping back from public duties six years ago.
The Palace said the lease had given him legal protection to remain, but that protection has now ended. He will be relocated to private accommodation on the Sandringham estate. His daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, will keep their titles.
The pressure on Andrew has intensified after the recent publication of late Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s memoir, which includes allegations against the prince. Giuffre, who di£d by su!cide in April, claimed she had s£x with Andrew on multiple occasions as a teenager. Andrew settled a civil case with her in 2022 for an undisclosed sum but continues to deny all allegations and insists he never met her.
Two weeks ago, he said the ongoing accusations “distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family,” reaffirming that he “vigorously denies” the claims.
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