{"id":2099184,"date":"2025-10-18T02:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2099184"},"modified":"2025-10-18T02:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:37:17","slug":"britains-prince-andrew-gives-up-title-of-duke-of-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/britains-prince-andrew-gives-up-title-of-duke-of-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s Prince Andrew gives up title of Duke of York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"ContextWidget\" class=\"context-widget-module__container__b9mKr context-widget-module__with-scroll__CmEdD article-body-module__context_widget__sq1EI\">\n<div class=\"context-widget-module__content__lI1uo\">\n<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s son has faced years of scandal<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Andrew says he has become a distraction for royal family<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Prince denies all allegations of wrongdoing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Prince Andrew said on Friday he would give up using his title of Duke of York following years of criticism about his behaviour and connections to the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The reputation of Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has taken a battering in recent years, most notably because of his links to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> <!-- -->Sign up<!-- --> <!-- --> <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/britains-prince-andrew-gives-up-title-duke-york-2025-10-17\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Fbritains-prince-andrew-gives-up-title-duke-york-2025-10-17%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\">A court ruling last year also revealed that the British government believed one of his <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/scandal-hit-prince-andrew-back-uk-headlines-over-alleged-chinese-spy-2024-12-14\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\">close business associates<\/a> was a Chinese spy. Andrew at the time said he had stopped all contact with the businessman.<\/div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"Heading\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__medium__2Rl30 text-module__heading_6__u1KdJ heading-module__base__p-zaD heading-module__heading_6__-zrtS article-body-module__heading__KTJKz\">ANDREW SAYS HE IS PUTTING COUNTRY FIRST<\/h2>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Andrew said &#8220;the continued accusations about me&#8221; distracted from the work of his elder brother King Charles and the wider work of the British royal family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I 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,&#8221; Andrew said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With His Majesty\u2019s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use the title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His decision to give up his titles was taken following discussion with senior royals. The king was glad about the outcome, according to a royal source.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew, 65, the eighth-in-line to the throne, was once regarded as a dashing naval officer and served in the military during the Falklands War with Argentina in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>But he was forced to step down from a roving UK trade ambassador role in 2011, before quitting all royal duties in 2019 and then was stripped of his military links and royal patronages in 2022 amid allegations of sexual misconduct which he has always denied.<\/p>\n<p>That year, he settled a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who died in April, which accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. Andrew has always denied her account, which has returned to prominence in the last week with the release of her memoir.<\/p>\n<p>In her book, she said &#8220;entitled&#8221; Andrew believed it was his birthright to have sex with her, according to extracts published by the Guardian newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Things are simply not going away,&#8221; royal biographer Robert Hardman told BBC TV. &#8220;And I think the palace has decided, and Prince Andrew has agreed, that there really has to be a further separation.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image-0\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"article-image-module__figure__DJ9zE article-body-module__element__5eCce article-body-module__img__n-qlE\">\n<div data-testid=\"Image\" class=\"article-image-module__image__BInJs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/5J54W7VOFVJ4FHCIXPYHIGMR2U.jpg?auth=7fdd0c87ed296a598fa1a3b18f9e96a6a8e170ca306396d347545281da21c7ee&amp;width=5225&amp;quality=80\" width=\"5225\" height=\"3394\" alt=\"Coronation of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__ultra_small__6-vhY body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__ultra_small_body__WelUC article-image-module__figcaption__S3axy article-body-module__figcaption__x2MkY\"><span>Britain&#8217;s Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Abbey following the coronation ceremony of Britain&#8217;s King Charles and Queen Camilla, in London, Britain May 6, 2023. 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A separate survey found only 5% of respondents had a favourable view of him.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew, who had already given up being called &#8220;His Royal Highness&#8221;, still remains a prince and will continue to live in Royal Lodge, a large property on the estate surrounding Windsor Castle, a historic royal palace to the west of London.<\/p>\n<p>However, he will no longer attend the annual royal Christmas get-togethers at Sandringham, the royal home in eastern England.<\/p>\n<p>His daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will be unaffected, but his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will also no longer be known as the Duchess of York.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-17\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\">In September, several charities <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/charities-end-links-with-fergie-uks-duchess-york-over-epstein-email-2025-09-22\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\">cut their links<\/a> to her after she described Epstein as a &#8220;supreme friend&#8221; 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