King Charles has initiated the formal process to strip his brother Prince Andrew of his titles and remove him from his home at the Royal Lodge of Windsor.
Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor as the “Styles, Title, and Honours of Prince Andrew” will formally be removed due his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew will be moving to a private accommodation on the Sandringham Estate, and any further assistance will be provided from the king’s private funds.
Public pressure was growing on the palace to remove Andrew from Royal Lodge after he surrendered his title Duke of York earlier this month, but the King’s actions went further, including a statement that indicated the palace’s frustration with Andrew’s continued denials of allegations from Virginia Giuffre.
“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. 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.”
A recent survey showed that 63% of Brits were strongly in favor of Andrew’s removal.
Andrew has been under pressure to cooperate with the FBI.
Last week, cabinet minister Peter Kyle on Tuesday urged Andrew to cooperate with the US authorities and give evidence about Epstein’s crimes.
In 2020 Andrew was accused of providing “zero cooperation” with U.S. officials on the Epstein case, despite promising to do so in 2019 when he gave up his public duties.
The pedophile formerly known as Prince Andrew hosted a pre-pedophile party that included Epstein, Guislane Maxwell, and Harvey Weinstein only days before Epstein’s arrest in 2006, with a photo taken of them at Royal Lodge.