How Andrew could be formally stripped of his titles
An Act of Parliament would be required, and there are two imperfect precedents:
Jane Dalton30 October 2025 04:30
Guiffre wanted to ‘use Crown’s money to do some good’
“I look forward to disseminating some of the Crown’s money to do some good,” Virginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir.
Jane Dalton30 October 2025 03:13
Opinion: Andrew can’t outrun Epstein’s shadow or America’s questions
Jane Dalton30 October 2025 02:06
Watch: Prince Harry prompts laughter with American accent attempt
Prince Harry attempts American accent during podcast appearance
The Duke of Sussex tried his hand at an American accent during an appearance on Hasan Minhaj’s podcast. On Wednesday’s (29 October) edition of Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know, Prince Harry discussed how long he’d been in the US and what the most “American” thing he does. The royal said he believed it was surfing, before the comedian challenged him to say “I ordered breadsticks with ranch dressing at Applebee’s” and “Hey, do you like my Cybertruck?”. Laughter could be heard in the background as he was attempting the accent, which was encouraged by Harry.
Jane Dalton30 October 2025 01:00
Why Andrew quit public duties
Reminder: Four days after his notorious 2019 BBC Newsnight interview aired, Prince Andrew stepped down from public duties. The interview was seen as a disaster for him:
Jane Dalton29 October 2025 23:50
Watch: Epstein survivor calls on Andrew to ‘do right by Virginia Giuffre’
Epstein survivor calls on Prince Andrew to ‘do right by Virginia Giuffre’
A Jeffrey Epstein survivor has called on Prince Andrew to share any information on “what he saw” in Epstein’s mansions and on his jet. Annie Farmer, who was a key witness in Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial, said: “This is an opportunity if he wants to do right by Virginia [Giuffre] and the rest of us.” Speaking with Newsnight on Tuesday (21 October) and despite her plea, Ms Farmer said she’s not “holding her breath” because “he’s had a lot of time.” Prince Andrew, who have up his official titles following new allegations against him in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, denies any wrongdoing.
Jane Dalton29 October 2025 22:40
Treasury insists it’s independent of Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is independent of the government and the King, the Treasury has insisted, after the Public Accounts Committee called on both the estate and the Treasury to say whether Andrew’s arrangements were value for money.
A Treasury spokesperson said: “The Crown Estate is an organisation independent of both the government and the Monarch.
“We will respond to Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown in due course.”
Jane Dalton29 October 2025 22:04
Prince Harry slates ‘lawlessness’ of social-media giants
The Duke of Sussex has railed against social media companies, claiming they “farm our children’s mindset and market it for themselves”.
Harry said there were some “evil wicked people at the heart of this” in a podcast interview with US comic Hasan Minhaj, and when asked if he would become a US citizen, replied he had no plans at this point.
The duke, who has long campaigned to raise awareness about the harms of social media, told the Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know podcast: “People look to governments to protect them and yet we have this lawlessness within this particular industry.
“Where, as far as they’re concerned, accountability slows down innovation, the power and the decision-making rests with the few rather than the many.
“The incentives are all wrong, the incentives are to keep kids online for as long as possible, to farm and process your thinking, your thoughts and literally keep you there for as long as possible so they can make as much money as possible.”
Jane Dalton29 October 2025 20:18
Spending watchdog demand answers from Crown Estate
A parliamentary committee has questioned whether Prince Andrew should still be living in a mansion on the Windsor Estate, on which he pays a “peppercorn” rent.
The Public Accounts Committee of MPs raised concerns with the Crown Estate – which manages the monarch’s public property – and the Treasury.
The cross-party parliamentary committee said it expected a response “at the earliest possible date” and set a November 28 deadline.
“It is reasonable … at this point that the committee seek assurance that the rationale for the lease justifies the minimal rent charged,” the letter said.
“There is considerable and understandable public interest in the spending of public money in relation to Prince Andrew.”
The intervention marks a significant change in convention, which dictates that MPs do not criticise the royal family in parliament, and it could increase pressure on Andrew to move to a smaller property.
Jane Dalton29 October 2025 19:14
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