{"id":2117100,"date":"2025-10-26T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2117100"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:48:09","slug":"british-mps-consider-motion-to-strip-prince-andrew-of-duke-of-york-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/british-mps-consider-motion-to-strip-prince-andrew-of-duke-of-york-title\/","title":{"rendered":"British MPs consider motion to strip Prince Andrew of Duke of York title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">British MPs are considering formally stripping Prince Andrew of his titles and holding an unprecedented debate about his conduct in the House of Commons, in the latest setback for the scandal-ridden royal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It comes amid mounting speculation that King Charles III may force his younger brother out of his long-time home on Windsor Castle&#8217;s sprawling grounds, following fresh outrage at accusations by one of Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s main accusers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">UK news organisations are reporting Prince Andrew has been in talks with the king about vacating his 30-room royal residence.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"Teaser: Sexual assault helplines\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/105123084\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Sexual assault\u00a0support lines:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">1800 Respect National Helpline<\/a>: 1800 737 732<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Lifeline<\/a> (24-hour crisis line): 131 114<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/fullstop.org.au\/get-help\/our-services\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Stop Australia<\/a>: 1800 385 578<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravehearts.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Bravehearts<\/a>: counselling and support for survivors of child sexual abuse: 1800\u00a0272\u00a0831<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childwise.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Child Wise<\/a>: counselling provider: 1800\u00a0991\u00a0099<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Meanwhile, some politicians in UK parliament are pushing for the parliamentary motion needed to formally strip Andrew of his Duke of York title, despite the prince recently announcing he will no longer use it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Holding a House of Commons debate on the conduct of a royal would be unprecedented in modern times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">When it might take place remains unclear, and any motion is unlikely to be binding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">But such a move would heap further pressure on the king and government to act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It comes days after <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-21\/virginia-giuffre-epstein-prince-andrew-nobodys-girl-memoir\/105911280\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105911280\">the publication of Virginia Giuffre&#8217;s memoir<\/a>, in which the victim of US sex offender Epstein reiterated in shocking detail allegations she had sex with Andrew three times, including when she was only 17.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"105936716\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/105936716\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">British media says King Charles III and Prince Andrew have been reportedly in talks about Andrews&#8217;s Royal Lodge on the grounds of Windsor.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>Reuters<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The prince, who denies any wrongdoing, agreed to pay US and Australian citizen Giuffre millions of dollars in 2022 to end her civil sexual assault case against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She took her own life in April, aged 41, while Epstein took his own life in 2019 in prison awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">&#8216;Pincer movement&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Adding to the outcry following the chart-topping book&#8217;s release, British newspaper The Times revealed last week that the prince had not paid rent for two decades on his Royal Lodge home, where he lives with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The arrangement stems from a seemingly favourable 2003 deal for the mansion owned by the Crown Estate, the royal family&#8217;s independently run land and property holdings.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"24-hour counselling\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/6597182\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">If you or anyone you know needs help:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Suicide Call Back Service<\/a> on 1300 659 467<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\">Lifeline<\/a> on 13 11 14<\/li>\n<li>Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander crisis support line <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.13yarn.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" 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data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/externallink\/10971516\">ReachOut<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/au.reachout.com\/\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/externallink\/10971516\">au.reachout.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mensline.org.au\/Home.html\" data-component=\"Link\">MensLine Australia<\/a> on 1300 789 978<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/qlife.org.au\/\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">QLife 1800 184 527<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">British newspapers reported over the weekend that it had prompted ongoing talks between the king and the prince about Andrew vacating Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Sunday Times said he faced &#8220;a pincer movement from parliament and Buckingham Palace to strip him of his dukedom and banish him&#8221; from Windsor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The newspaper reported he may agree to move out if offered financial compensation and a suitable alternative home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Daily Mail said heir-to-the-throne Prince William and his family were set to move into a new residence near Royal Lodge and that he wanted his uncle to leave beforehand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In Westminster, the centrist Liberal Democrat party, which has 72 MPs, is among those demanding the parliamentary debate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We need to explore all options \u2026 to ensure parliament can scrutinise this properly, from Prince Andrew&#8217;s residence at Royal Lodge to his dukedom,&#8221; a party source told AFP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s right that we&#8217;re led by the king on this, and if parliament does have to act, we hope it can be hand-in-hand with the palace.&#8221;<\/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 www.abc.net.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British MPs are considering formally stripping Prince Andrew of his titles and holding an unprecedented debate about his conduct in the House of Commons, in the latest setback for the scandal-ridden royal.\u00a0 It comes amid mounting speculation that King Charles III may force his younger brother out of his long-time home on Windsor Castle&#8217;s sprawling 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