Prince Andrew leaves attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Fort, 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 mentioned Thursday.
In an announcement, the palace mentioned Andrew will likely be often known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and never as a prince, and he’ll transfer from his Royal Lodge residence into “non-public lodging.”
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 in every of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
However the king went even additional, stripping him of the title of prince that he has had since delivery as a toddler of a monarch, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
“These censures are deemed vital, however the truth that he continues to disclaim the allegations towards him,” the palace mentioned. “Their Majesties want to clarify that their ideas and utmost sympathies have been, and can stay with, the victims and survivors of any and all types of abuse.”
