Andrew will no longer be known as a prince and is to leave Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace has tonight confirmed.
In a bombshell statement released tonight, Buckingham Palace said he will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – with immediate effect.
It comes amid the growing resentment towards the former duke over his alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, the dead New York financier paedophile.
So, what exactly is Andrew being stripped of?
For starters, his four formal titles: Prince, the Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killyleagh.
Andrew is also having his style, the proper way of greeting him as a royal, taken from him. No longer is it required to address him as ‘His Royal Highness’.
And the disgraced ex-prince will also have his membership of the Order of the Garter and Victorian Order, the latter of which he was a Knight Grand Cross.
Though Andrew previously agreed to stop using his formal titles, King Charles is sending Royal Warrants to the Lord Chancellor, currently former foreign secretary David Lammy, to ensure they are entirely removed.
Andrew (pictured) will no longer be known as a prince and is to leave Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace has tonight confirmed.
This will ensure that Andrew can no longer use the titles in an official capacity.
The Daily Mail understands that King Charles chose not to abolish the Dukedom of York with an Act of Parliament as it would take up too much time.
While the whole process has been initiated by His Majesty, Andrew is understood not to have objected to it.
His daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princes Eugenie, will still retain their titles.
A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace today said: ‘His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.
‘Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.
‘Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. 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.’
