{"id":2113031,"date":"2025-10-24T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2113031"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:55:03","slug":"royals-may-have-labeled-prince-andrew-a-traitor-in-coat-of-arms-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-may-have-labeled-prince-andrew-a-traitor-in-coat-of-arms-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals May Have Labeled Prince Andrew a Traitor in Coat of Arms Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prince Andrew<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s coat of arms has been removed from Windsor Castle as his connection to Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/a> continues to make headlines.<\/p>\n

Multiple outlets have confirmed that the banner signifying his connection to the Order of the Garter was taken down from its post inside St George\u2019s Chapel. The honor has been given to multiple senior members of the royal family and has been hanging since Andrew became a Knight of the Garter in 2006.<\/p>\n

A virtual tour of St George\u2019s Chapel still shows four banners hanging in the space (it\u2019s unclear when that footage was shot) but more recent images have only three flags remaining.<\/p>\n

The Sun<\/em><\/a> was the first to break the news of the flag\u2019s removal on Thursday, October 23, claiming that \u201cthe removal of the display usually only happens in cases of high treason or taking up arms against the Crown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Buckingham Palace Will Have New Prince Andrew Allegations Fully Investigated<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tBuckingham Palace will have the new allegations made against Prince Andrew fully investigated following the relinquishment of his royal titles. After several outlets reported on Sunday, October 19, that Andrew, 65, is being investigated for allegedly asking his taxpayer-funded security detail to uncover information about late accuser Virginia Giuffre in 2011, just hours before the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. (Members of the royal family have yet to publicly address the ongoing scandal.)<\/p>\n

Andrew, 65, gave up his honors along with his royal title<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\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 he shared in a statement to Us Weekly<\/em> on October 17. \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<\/p>\n

Andrew first made headlines for his connection to late sex offender Epstein in 2019. At the time, Virginia Giuffre<\/strong> alleged that she had a sexual encounter with Andrew in 2001 when she was underage. The former Duke of York has continued to deny the allegations. Giuffre eventually sued Andrew for sexual abuse in 2021 and they settled out of court the following year.<\/p>\n

Giuffre died by suicide at age 41 in April, but posthumously released a memoir<\/a> titled Nobody\u2019s Girl<\/em> on Tuesday, October 21, which included claims of multiple alleged sexual encounters<\/a> with both Andrew and Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the years since, I\u2019ve thought a lot about how he behaved,\u201d she wrote of the disgraced royal. \u201cHe was friendly enough, but still entitled \u2014 as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tPrince Andrew\u2019s downfall as a working royal is unquestionably intertwined with his connection to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. While Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing, he was accused by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre (n\u00e9e Roberts) of sexually assaulting her three times when she was 17 years old. The two [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Andrew\u2019s decision to give up his royal title came days before Giuffre\u2019s memoir was published.<\/p>\n

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