{"id":2098840,"date":"2025-10-17T22:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2098840"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:59:13","slug":"jeffrey-epstein-linked-prince-andrew-forced-to-give-up-royal-title-as-duke-of-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jeffrey-epstein-linked-prince-andrew-forced-to-give-up-royal-title-as-duke-of-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Epstein-linked Prince Andrew forced to give up royal title as Duke of York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince Andrew was forced to give up his royal title as Duke of York Friday in a humiliating fall from grace that ended a years-long saga over\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/25\/entertainment\/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epsteins-friendship-fueled-by-money-and-sex-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his friendship<\/a>\u00a0with late convicted millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The scandal-scarred duke, 65, said he chose to relinquish his titles to avoid being a distraction \u2014 as new revelations about his alleged sex abuse of a minor emerged this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the royal family,\u201d Prince Andrew said in a statement released Friday by Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein were spotted walking together in Central Park in this 2011 photo. <span class=\"credit\">News Licensing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced duke surrendered his titles as new excerpts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/17\/world-news\/virginia-giuffres-memoir-details-abuse-at-hands-of-prince-andrew\/\">from a posthumous memoir by\u00a0Virginia Roberts Giuffre<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 who alleged she was trafficked by Epstein to have sex with Andrew when she was 17\u2014 were published this week.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Prince Andrew, however,\u00a0said he stands by his assertion that he did not sexually abuse Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me,\u201d he added in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>In excerpts of Giuffre\u2019s memoir published by The Guardian Wednesday, she wrote that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew at the home of Epstein\u2019s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p>He acted, \u201centitled, as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The book, \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/r.nypostlink.com\/?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FNobodys-Girl-Surviving-Fighting-Justice%2Fdp%2F0593493125%3Ftag%3Dnypost-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnypost.com%252F2025%252F10%252F17%252Fworld-news%252Fvirginia-giuffres-memoir-details-abuse-at-hands-of-prince-andrew%252F%26asc_source%3Dnypost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Nobody\u2019s Girl<\/a>,\u201d details three times in which Giuffre alleges Prince Andrew had sex with her, including\u00a0at Maxwell\u2019s London home when she was 17 in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/ae07a3726bec0fc91a840dddea9d294c\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She writes that she drew the royal a bath\u00a0and that he \u201clicked\u201d her feet and \u201cseemed in a rush to have intercourse\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0before saying \u201cthank you in his clipped British accent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The explicit account adds to the royal family\u2019s embarrassment as headlines over the scandal put the monarchy\u2019s reputation at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Despite handing over his titles, Prince Andrew will still be allowed to live at his sprawling, 31-bedroom\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/31482295\/pictures-prince-andrews-royal-lodge-disrepair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Royal Lodge<\/a>\u00a0near Windsor Castle because he has a tenancy agreement through 2078.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He will also still remain eighth in line to the throne and keep his title as Prince Andrew because he\u2019s\u00a0the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince Andrew still asserts that he did not sexually abuse Giuffre. <span class=\"credit\">DOJ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he will also no longer use \u201cHis Royal Highness\u201d as an\u00a0honorific and must surrender all of his royal patronages \u2014 meaning he can\u2019t use his name to support a charity or organization \u2014 along with official duties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giuffre\u2019s family cheered the move as\u00a0\u201cvindication\u201d for their late loved one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, believe that Prince Andrew\u2019s decision to give up his titles is vindication for our sister and survivors everywhere,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/17\/world-news\/epstein-victim-virginia-giuffres-family-celebrates-prince-andrew-dropping-duke-of-york-title\/\">they wrote in a statement Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decisive action is a powerful step forward in our fight to bring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s child sex-trafficking network to justice,\u201d they wrote \u2014\u00a0adding that the king should take it one step further.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title the Duke of York after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFurther, we believe it is appropriate for King Charles to remove the title of Prince.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Queen\u2019s former favorite son had already stepped back from public duties in 2019 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/13\/prince-andrew-calls-infamous-bbc-interview-source-of-regret-insider\/\">after a disastrous BBC interview<\/a> about his friendship with Epstein, as sex abuse allegations swirled.<\/p>\n<p>He was then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/13\/queen-elizabeth-strips-prince-andrew-of-royal-and-military-titles\/\">stripped of his military titles in January 2022<\/a> while defending a civil sex case against Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at age 41, after settling the multi-million-dollar case.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein, meanwhile, hung himself in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan in August 2019. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince Andrew said he decided to relinquish his titles after discussing the matter with his brother, King Charles III. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMA24.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was 66.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein\u2019s New York arrest on federal sex trafficking charges came after a botched Palm Beach, Florida, case \u2014 in which the well-connected\u00a0financier walked with a slap-on-the wrist plea deal in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell, 66, meanwhile,\u00a0is behind bars in Texas, serving a 20-year sentence for her 2021 conviction on charges including child sex trafficking for Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew\u2019s bombshell title stripping marks the first time a dukedom was taken away from a senior royal in more than a century,\u00a0 according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The former duke will also be barred from attending Royal Family Christmas celebrations and will lose the privileges being the Earl of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/2684769\/inverness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inverness<\/a>\u00a0and the Barony Killyleagh.<\/p>\n<p>He has agreed not to use the honors given to him as a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/35426648\/kate-william-royal-procession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Royal Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew\u2019s ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, will be known as \u201cSarah Ferguson\u201d and the titles of their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, will remain the same.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Andrew was forced to give up his royal title as Duke of York Friday in a humiliating fall from grace that ended a years-long saga over\u00a0his friendship\u00a0with late convicted millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0 The scandal-scarred duke, 65, said he chose to relinquish his titles to avoid being a distraction \u2014 as new revelations about 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