{"id":2106522,"date":"2025-10-21T20:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2106522"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:04:30","slug":"king-charles-had-a-lost-opportunity-when-it-comes-to-prince-andrew-and-his-dropped-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-charles-had-a-lost-opportunity-when-it-comes-to-prince-andrew-and-his-dropped-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles Had a &#8220;Lost Opportunity&#8221; When It Comes to Prince Andrew and His Dropped Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-collectionwidget\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-hawk-json=\"{&quot;collection&quot;:{&quot;blocks&quot;:[{&quot;modelName&quot;:&quot;Entitled: the Rise and Fall of the House of York&quot;,&quot;productName&quot;:&quot;Entitled: the Rise and Fall of the House of York&quot;,&quot;brand&quot;:&quot;Audible&quot;,&quot;price&quot;:24.99,&quot;wasPrice&quot;:null,&quot;currency&quot;:&quot;USD&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:1491,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;onXevZKQ2kmcqbL44oHQkL&quot;,&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;image\\\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;mos&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\\\/onXevZKQ2kmcqbL44oHQkL.jpg&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1000,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/m.media-amazon.com\\&quot;&gt;m.media-amazon.com&lt;\\\/a&gt;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Entitled: the Rise and Fall of the House of York&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/target.georiot.com\\\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=141596&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2FEntitled-Rise-Fall-House-York%2Fdp%2FB0FK28Y4XV%2Fref%3Dtmm_hrd_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-20&quot;,&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;merchantId&quot;:1471,&quot;merchantNetwork&quot;:&quot;Amazonus&quot;,&quot;merchantUrl&quot;:&quot;amazon.com&quot;,&quot;merchantName&quot;:&quot;Amazon US&quot;},&quot;noAffiliateTracking&quot;:false,&quot;linkMerchant&quot;:&quot;Amazon US&quot;}]}}\" data-model-name=\"Entitled: the Rise and Fall of the House of York,Entitled: the Rise and Fall of the House of York\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"disabled\" data-widget-type=\"collection\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"21e76507-892b-47b4-a9da-411bd7c41313\">The scandal surrounding <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-andrew\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-andrew\/\">Prince Andrew<\/a> and late sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/fbi-prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-investigation-complete\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/fbi-prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-investigation-complete\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> forced him to <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/a32727025\/prince-andrew-will-never-return-to-public-life-royal-family-decides\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/a32727025\/prince-andrew-will-never-return-to-public-life-royal-family-decides\/\">step back from royal life<\/a> in 2019. But on Friday, October 17, Andrew released a statement via Buckingham Palace that he was going &#8220;a step further&#8221; and would not use his <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-giving-up-duke-of-york-title\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-giving-up-duke-of-york-title\/\">Duke of York title<\/a> any longer. Speaking to <em>Hello!&#8217;s<\/em> &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/862801\/buckingham-palaces-statement-on-prince-andrew-was-a-missed-opportunity-for-king-charles-says-royal-biographer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/862801\/buckingham-palaces-statement-on-prince-andrew-was-a-missed-opportunity-for-king-charles-says-royal-biographer\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">A Right Royal Podcast<\/a>,&#8221; royal biographer <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-biographer-andrew-lownie-sarah-ferguson-interview\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-biographer-andrew-lownie-sarah-ferguson-interview\/\">Andrew Lownie<\/a> said the message &#8220;was a lost opportunity&#8221; for King Charles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The statement should have come from <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-charles\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-charles\/\">King Charles<\/a> himself\u2014that he&#8217;d taken decisive action,&#8221; the <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-could-leave-royal-lodge-how-beatrice-eugenie-treated\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-could-leave-royal-lodge-how-beatrice-eugenie-treated\/\"><em>Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York<\/em><\/a> author said. While The King has been tougher on his brother than their mother, <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-elizabeth-hard-humiliate-prince-andrew-titles\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-elizabeth-hard-humiliate-prince-andrew-titles\/\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>, was\u2014with Charles <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/prince-andrew-security-detail-king-charles\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/prince-andrew-security-detail-king-charles\/\">removing his brother&#8217;s security<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-anxiety-through-roof-royal-lodge\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-andrew-anxiety-through-roof-royal-lodge\/\">cutting him off<\/a> financially\u2014Lownie added that the monarch &#8220;should have actually taken the credit for this.&#8221;<\/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=\"21e76507-892b-47b4-a9da-411bd7c41313-2\">The author compared the situation to 2019, when it was announced that Prince Andrew would no longer be a working royal. &#8220;We had this statement from Andrew it was his decision to stand down five years ago, when of course it had been forced upon him\u2026just absolutely ridiculous stuff that no one really believed,&#8221; 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A lease obtained by the news outlet states that Andrew and his family are entitled to live at the Windsor Great Park home until 2078, explaining, in part, why he&#8217;s still living at the property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only way I think he can go is to voluntarily go,&#8221; Lownie said of Andrew&#8217;s &#8220;ironclad lease.&#8221; The terms of the agreement also state that if Prince Andrew breaks the lease, he&#8217;s entitled to significant financial compensation. Per the <em>Times<\/em>, the contract &#8220;includes a clause stating that the Crown Estate, which manages Crown properties for the benefit of the taxpayer, would need to pay him around \u00a3558,000 if he gave up the lease.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, if Andrew&#8217;s daughters <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/princess-beatrice\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/princess-beatrice\/\">Princess Beatrice<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/princess-eugenie\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/princess-eugenie\/\">Princess Eugenie<\/a>&#8216;s jobs and lives are impacted by their father&#8217;s scandals, Lownie thinks that concern over &#8220;how his daughters are treated&#8221; could convince him to move out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-WNvhkdpvCNTqKwAvMbT5SN\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-WNvhkdpvCNTqKwAvMbT5SN 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\">Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block\" id=\"articleTag\" data-component-name=\"PostArticleLinks\">\n<p>TOPICS<\/p>\n<nav class=\"py-2.5 flex gap-2.5 flex-wrap\" data-analytics-id=\"article-tag\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"flex-none p-2.5 text-white bg-neutral-950 hover:bg-neutral-500 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-andrew\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/tag\/prince-andrew\"><br \/>\nPrince Andrew<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"flex-none p-2.5 text-white bg-neutral-950 hover:bg-neutral-500 hover:underline hover:underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/king-charles\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/tag\/king-charles\"><br \/>\nKing Charles<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\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 www.marieclaire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scandal surrounding Prince Andrew and late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein forced him to step back from royal life in 2019. 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