{"id":2104222,"date":"2025-10-20T20:26:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2104222"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:26:25","slug":"uk-royals-and-government-face-pressure-to-formally-strip-prince-andrew-of-his-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/uk-royals-and-government-face-pressure-to-formally-strip-prince-andrew-of-his-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"UK royals and government face pressure to formally strip Prince Andrew of his titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON — <\/span>LONDON (AP) \u2014 He won\u2019t call himself a duke anymore, but that is not enough for many of Prince Andrew\u2019s critics.<\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace and the British government were under pressure Monday to formally strip Prince Andrew<\/a> of his princely title and sumptuous home after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After discussions with his elder brother King Charles III<\/a>, Andrew agreed on Friday to stop using<\/a> titles including Duke of York. It was the latest effort to insulate the monarchy from years of tawdry headlines<\/a> about Andrew\u2019s suspicious business deals,<\/a> inappropriate behavior and controversial friendships.<\/p>\n

But he still technically holds the title of duke, bestowed by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. And as the son of a monarch, he remains a prince.<\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s statement relinquishing some of his royal titles came after emails emerged showing he had remained in contact with Epstein longer than he previously admitted, and days before publication of a posthumous memoir by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre<\/a>, who alleged she had sex with Andrew when she was 17.<\/p>\n

Giuffre\u2019s brother, Sky Roberts, urged the king to go further and “remove the title of prince, too.<\/p>\n

“He shouldn\u2019t be able to call himself one,\u201d Roberts told The Times of London newspaper.<\/p>\n

Andrew, 65, has long denied Giuffre\u2019s claims<\/a>, but stepped down from royal duties<\/a> after a disastrous November 2019 BBC interview in which he attempted to rebut her allegations. <\/p>\n

Many viewers saw an entitled prince who failed to show empathy for Epstein\u2019s victims and offered unbelievable explanations for his friendship with the late sex offender.<\/p>\n

Andrew paid millions in an out-of-court settlement<\/a> in 2022 after Giuffre filed a civil suit against him in New York. <\/p>\n

While he didn\u2019t admit wrongdoing, he acknowledged Giuffre\u2019s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

Some opposition politicians said Andrew should formally be stripped of his dukedom through an act of Parliament.<\/p>\n

Scottish National Party lawmaker Stephen Flynn said the government should use legislation to remove titles from both Andrew and Peter Mandelson<\/a>, a member of the House of Lords who was fired as British ambassador to Washington in September over his past friendship with Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family of Virginia Giuffre, whose life was destroyed, are angry and aghast,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cThe public across these isles are angry and aghast and they both deserve to know that some (members of Parliament) share their outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government said it supported the palace\u2019s decision over Andrew\u2019s titles but should not act unilaterally. Under the U.K.\u2019s constitutional monarchy, the crown does not interfere in politics and politicians stay clear of issues related to the royal family.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts have to be with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, those who suffered and continue to suffer because of the abuse that they experienced at his hands, but these are matters for the royal family,\u201d Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Some also want Andrew evicted from Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle where he lives alongside his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, who will no longer be known as the Duchess of York.<\/p>\n

Questions have been raised about how Andrew pays for the house, which he rents on a long lease from the Crown Estate, a portfolio of properties that is nominally owned, but not controlled, by the monarch.<\/p>\n

The palace is bracing for more embarrassing revelations, just as the king prepares for a state visit to the Vatican<\/a> this week where he is due to pray beside Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n

Giuffre\u2019s book, \u201cNobody\u2019s Girl,\u201d is published on Tuesday and details three alleged sexual encounters with Andrew. She died by suicide in April at the age of 41.<\/p>\n

In an extract published in advance, Giuffre says the prince acted as if he believed \u201chaving sex with me was his birthright.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giuffre also claims in the book that Andrew\u2019s team tried \u201cto hire internet trolls to hassle me.\u201d She said that Andrew insisted the lawsuit settlement include a one-year gag order to prevent allegations from tarnishing the late queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, London\u2019s Metropolitan Police force says it is \u201cactively looking into\u201d media reports that Andrew in 2011 sought information to smear Giuffre by asking one of his police bodyguards to find out whether she had a criminal record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source abcnews.go.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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