The disgraced royal will effectively have the status of a commoner and will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, after Virginia Giuffre\u2019s devastating memoir<\/a> of sexual abuse and his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> led to his downfall.<\/p>\n It is understood that although Andrew denies the accusations, Buckingham Palace<\/a> considers that there have been \u201cserious lapses of judgment\u201d.<\/p>\n Giuffre\u2019s family hailed the decision, saying she \u201cbrought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage\u201d.<\/p>\n The family said she \u201cnever stopped fighting for accountability for what had happened to her and countless other survivors like her\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, she declares a victory. We, her family, along with her survivor sisters, continue Virginia’s battle and will not rest until the same accountability applies to all of her abusers and abetters, connected to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and Ghislaine Maxwell.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrew will move to a property on the Sandringham Estate, it\u2019s understood. Any future accommodation will be privately funded by the King<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a>Could Prince Andrew ever be prosecuted over his links to Jeffrey Epstein?<\/p>\n The Metropolitan Police are \u201cactively looking\u201d into claims that the royal tried to use his bodyguard to smear his accuser Virginia Giuffre \u2013 as her family urged the force to reopen an inquiry into her alleged abuse:<\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar31 October 2025 07:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Monarchy ‘needs to be held accountable’, MP says<\/p>\n A York MP has said that the monarchy need to be “accountable” in the wake of the King\u2019s decision to strip Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his titles.<\/p>\n Rachael Maskell told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: \u201cI think the world\u2019s moved on, and we need the monarchy to be accountable by all means, not least to the public.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we saw 80% of the public saying remove those titles, I\u2019m sure there is relief across the country now that that has been done.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms Maskell, who represents York Central introduced a Bill in the Commons to make it easier for the King to remove titles suggested there was still a need to change the law.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cWe know that peers, for instance, have ended up in jail, so I think we need to look at the whole system.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd my Bill would have enabled people with all forms of peerages, baronets and dukes and princes and princesses, to have those titles removed, a mechanism which could be carried forward, not for just one circumstance, but all circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane31 October 2025 07:16<\/p>\n <\/a>MPs back King’s decision<\/p>\n Politicians have backed the King’s decision to strip Prince Andrew of his titles and Royal Lodge residence. <\/p>\n Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “I’m afraid the whole Jeffrey Epstein saga and everyone it has touched, from Prince Andrew to Peter Mandelson, has just shown that the public has no truck whatsoever with any kind of sexual abuse, sexual offences, especially of minors. And I think that that’s quite right.” <\/p>\n Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said Charles was absolutely right to do so.<\/p>\n He added: “It’s clear that Andrew’s position had become totally untenable, having disgraced his office and embarrassed the country.\u201d<\/p>\n The leader of the Scottish National Party in Westminster, Stephen Flynn, said: “The right decision and an important moment for the victims of Epstein.<\/p>\n “I hope all those who were elected to Parliament and chose to defend inaction rather than speak out now regret the choice they made.”<\/p>\n Jane Dalton31 October 2025 07:00<\/p>\n <\/a>All the royal titles Prince Andrew has given up<\/p>\n Andrew will no longer have his Prince or Duke of York title, and will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, effectively having the status of a commoner.<\/p>\n He was born with his prince title and given the title of the Duke of York by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, on the morning of his wedding. It was a title for which the Queen had a great personal affection, being the one held by her beloved father, King George VI, before he acceded the throne.<\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar31 October 2025 06:30<\/p>\n <\/a>King Charles\u2019 statement in full as Andrew is stripped of prince title and home<\/p>\n Read the King\u2019s statement in full:<\/p>\n \u201cHis Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n \u201cPrince 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. <\/p>\n \u201cThese censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar31 October 2025 06:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Timeline of Prince Andrew scandals: From Queen\u2019s favourite to Epstein allegations \u2013 and losing his titles<\/p>\n Late monarch\u2019s middle child has seen his reputation damaged over his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and a car crash BBC interview: <\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar31 October 2025 05:30<\/p>\n <\/a>King’s action is victory for Virginia Giuffre, her family say<\/p>\n The family of Virginia Giuffre, who said she was trafficked and forced to have sex with Andrew, say Andrew\u2019s being stripped of his title and home is a victory for Ms Giuffre.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n \u201cVirginia Roberts Giuffre, our sister, a child when she was sexually assaulted by Andrew, never stopped fighting for accountability for what had happened to her and countless other survivors like her.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, she declares a victory.<\/p>\n \u201cWe, her family, along with her survivor sisters, continue Virginia\u2019s battle and will not rest until the same accountability applies to all of her abusers and abetters, connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, brought a civil claim against Andrew.<\/p>\n Jane Dalton31 October 2025 05:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Giuffre ‘brought down a British prince’, family says<\/p>\n King Charles has formally stripped Prince Andrew of all his royal titles and the \u201cHis Royal Highness\u201d style, forcing him to vacate Royal Lodge and live as a private citizen, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.<\/p>\n The move follows years of scandal over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein <\/a>and sexual assault allegations by Virginia Giuffre, who died earlier this year. <\/p>\n Giuffre\u2019s family hailed the decision, saying she \u201cbrought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage\u201d.<\/p>\n Her lawyer called it a historic \u201ctipping point\u201d for survivors of abuse.<\/p>\n The family said she \u201cnever stopped fighting for accountability for what had happened to her and countless other survivors like her\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, she declares a victory. We, her family, along with her survivor sisters, continue Virginia\u2019s battle and will not rest until the same accountability applies to all of her abusers and abetters, connected to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.\u201d<\/p>\n Maroosha Muzaffar31 October 2025 04:30<\/p>\n![\"Labour](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/319acbff0137d6b2851b24aa80ff9907Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMTYwMDQ3-2.28742111.jpg\")
Labour MP for York Central Rachael Maskell (Danny Lawson\/PA) (PA Archive)<\/p>\n![\"Virginia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/front-virginia.jpg\")
Virginia Guiffre brought a civil claim against Andrew (BBC\/Panorama)<\/p>\n