{"id":2105713,"date":"2025-10-21T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2105713"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:33:13","slug":"prince-andrew-is-the-royal-family-doing-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-andrew-is-the-royal-family-doing-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew: is the royal family doing enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"0d46a3c1-1895-4da5-8719-771fde8fdba8\">Virginia Giuffre\u2019s posthumous memoir is published today, and Buckingham Palace is braced for further allegations about Prince Andrew and his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Extracts from <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.com\/news\/royals\/959417\/virginia-giuffre-memoir-prince-andrew\">\u201cNobody\u2019s Girl\u201d<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.com\/law\/virginia-giuffre-prince-andrew-accuser-who-stood-up-to-power-money-and-privilege\">Giuffre<\/a>, who claims she was coerced into sex with Andrew when she was 17, have already rocked the royal family. \u201cI vigorously deny the accusations against me,\u201d Andrew said on Friday. But he also announced that his Duke of York title and Order of the Garter knighthood would be \u201cput into abeyance\u201d, much like <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.com\/news\/world-news\/955415\/what-does-stripping-prince-andrew-titles-mean\">his HRH title <\/a>was in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"0d46a3c1-1895-4da5-8719-771fde8fdba8-2\">Only an act of Parliament can remove Andrew\u2019s dukedom completely but, such is the heat around the scandal, there are already moves afoot in the House of Commons to try to do just that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"blueconic-article-theweek\">\n<div class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__top\">\n<div class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__top__left-div\">\n<h2><span class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__top__left-div-title\">The Week<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.theweek.com\/servlet\/OrdersGateway?cds_mag_code=TWE&amp;cds_page_id=275740&amp;cds_response_key=I4BRBKSW1&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=theweek.com&amp;utm_campaign=wku-all-digital_referral-202401-sub-none-fbk24&amp;utm_content=us-in-article\" target=\"__blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\nSUBSCRIBE &amp; SAVE\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__bottom\">\n<div class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__bottom__left-div\">\n<h2>Sign up for The Week&#8217;s Free Newsletters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__bottom__left-div-text-desktop\">From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blueconic-article__wrapper__bottom__left-div-text-mobile\">From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-83437aa8-d790-4a08-9f75-c82d161bfd26\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"54efa2ad-a6f0-4390-9ff7-c5f51bc77fe6\">There was \u201ca sense of relief\u201d at the Palace when Andrew agreed to stop using his titles, said <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=11005&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=theweek-us-5182657250874236677&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Flingering-dread-over-what-else-about-prince-andrew-could-still-emerge-13453340\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/lingering-dread-over-what-else-about-prince-andrew-could-still-emerge-13453340\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=11005&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Flingering-dread-over-what-else-about-prince-andrew-could-still-emerge-13453340\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"Sky\" data-merchant-id=\"16841\" data-merchant-network=\"AW\" data-merchant-url=\"sky.com\">Sky News<\/a>\u2019 royal correspondent Laura Bundock. But now, there is \u201ca sense of dread over what else could emerge\u201d. Andrew\u2019s \u201cdisgrace and downfall\u201d is far from over, and it could be that we are \u201creaching the endgame\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace has \u201cfailed to grasp the magnitude\u201d of the scandal, Andrew Lownie, the Yorks\u2019 biographer, told <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/10\/19\/stripping-titles-prince-andrew-window-dressing-biographer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/10\/19\/stripping-titles-prince-andrew-window-dressing-biographer\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">The Telegraph<\/a>. They are putting \u201ca little bit of a plaster on a huge problem\u201d. Charles should have had Andrew\u2019s titles removed, rather than simply ordering him not to use them, and he should have forced Andrew to cooperate with US authorities about the extent of his dealings with Epstein. \u201cI think this is just window dressing,\u201d Lownie said. The fact that Andrew will still \u201cget to live as he always has done\u201d will make people \u201cfeel he hasn\u2019t really paid any penalty for what he\u2019s done\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Charles apparently believed that putting Andrew\u2019s titles in abeyance was \u201csufficient\u201d, said Caroline Davies in <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/oct\/20\/dealing-prince-andrew-problem-help-ease-william-accession-throne\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/oct\/20\/dealing-prince-andrew-problem-help-ease-william-accession-throne\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">The Guardian<\/a>. But <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/tag\/prince-william\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/tag\/prince-william\">Prince William<\/a> is \u201cprepared to take a more ruthless approach if required\u201d when he takes the throne. He reportedly considers his uncle a \u201cthreat\u201d and \u201ca reputational risk to the monarchy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When William becomes king. Andrew\u2019s \u201climited role in public life will disappear entirely \u2013 starting with the coronation\u201d, said Alexander Larman in <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/nothing-can-save-prince-andrew-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/nothing-can-save-prince-andrew-now\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">The Spectator<\/a>. A recent \u201csurprisingly revealing\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/royals\/what-will-william-be-like-as-king\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/royals\/what-will-william-be-like-as-king\">interview with actor Eugene Levy<\/a> suggested that \u201cbanishing Andrew to Siberia\u201d would not cause William \u201ctoo many sleepless nights\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-griyDp4PcNZpS4DXphKqgV\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-griyDp4PcNZpS4DXphKqgV slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day \u2013 and the best features from TheWeek.com<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It seems that the \u201cnuclear royal option \u2013 to strip Andrew of his princely title grows more inevitable by the day\u201d. This \u201cwill not be an easy or fast process, and is likely to damage the very institution of the monarchy\u201d. But \u201cthe embarrassment and headlines\u201d may be \u201cworth it in the longer term\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace is \u201cwalking a fine line between cutting loose a reprobate member\u201d and infuriating Andrew to the point that he \u201cvents criticism of the main figures in the monarchy\u201d, said Anne McElvoy in <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/opinion\/shameless-prince-andrew-will-not-go-quietly-3988575\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/opinion\/shameless-prince-andrew-will-not-go-quietly-3988575\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">The i Paper<\/a>. The \u201caloof tone and huffiness\u201d of his statement on Friday signals that he still perceives his treatment as unfair, and \u201cas the royals discovered in the Diana era\u201d that can turn a person into \u201ca powder keg\u201d. The point is not whether or not Andrew \u201chas a leg to stand on\u201d; it\u2019s that \u201che feels he does\u201d. The more aggressively the palace seeks to exclude him, \u201cthe greater the risk of him seeking his own retribution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-566fa33d-84ed-4398-984c-ff12c04d3f3a\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-next-3\">What next?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"55a4d15a-3bba-4281-bd36-72090cdcff4a\">MPs have now lodged a parliamentary motion to strip Andrew of his dukedom. The government has previously said that it would be \u201cguided\u201d by the royal family on any decision to remove Andrew\u2019s titles.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens, Andrew\u2019s \u201cstubbornness\u201d is \u201cnot going to change\u201d, said McElvoy. The monarchy now has an \u201cinvoluntary hermit\u201d on its Windsor estate \u2013 still a part of the institution he was born into, however \u201cinconvenient that may be\u201d. How \u201csustainable this stand-off will prove is questionable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And the latest allegations are \u201cjust the tip of the iceberg\u201d, Lownie told The Telegraph. The palace is \u201cworried about new allegations that will emerge Stateside. They know there is more damaging stuff to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/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 theweek.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Giuffre\u2019s posthumous memoir is published today, and Buckingham Palace is braced for further allegations about Prince Andrew and his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. Extracts from \u201cNobody\u2019s Girl\u201d by Giuffre, who claims she was coerced into sex with Andrew when she was 17, have already rocked the royal family. \u201cI vigorously deny the accusations against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2105714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince-Andrew-is-the-royal-family-doing-enough.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105715,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105713\/revisions\/2105715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2105714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}