{"id":2127104,"date":"2025-10-31T15:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2127104"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:20:20","slug":"royal-biographer-warns-there-is-more-to-come-for-scandal-hit-andrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royal-biographer-warns-there-is-more-to-come-for-scandal-hit-andrew\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal biographer warns \u2018there is more to come\u2019 for scandal-hit Andrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM iqEJkX\">Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM lbjUDc\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM PyuJm\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/morningHeadlines1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Morning Headlines\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The removal of his \u201cprince\u201d title has marked the latest chapter in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-andrew-title-stipped-queen-epstein-sex-abuse-scandal-b2855837.html\">Andrew\u2019s fall from grace <\/a>this week.<\/p>\n<p>However, one royal commentator has warned that there are \u201cmany more disclosures to come\u201d in relation to accusations about the conduct of the King\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p>In a historic move, King Charles announced on Thursday that he is to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/virginia-roberts-giuffre-the-king-jeffrey-epstein-david-lammy-prince-b2855965.html\" title=\"Andrew\u2019s name removed from peerage roll in key step to strip him of titles\">strip all remaining titles from Andrew<\/a> and will evict him from Royal Lodge, the royal residence that has been the former prince\u2019s home for two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace said that Andrew was given notice on Thursday to leave the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/andrew-royal-lodge-leaving-date-b2856071.html\" title=\"Date set for when Andrew must leave the Royal Lodge by\">30-room mansion<\/a>, adding that he will henceforth be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and will effectively be living as a commoner.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after weeks of intense pressure on the King to act, as Andrew\u2019s links to paedophile financier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> have continued to embarrass the monarchy. It is understood that although Andrew denies all of the accusations involving Epstein, Buckingham Palace considers there to have been \u201cserious lapses of judgement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the unprecedented action taken to remove Andrew\u2019s titles and his royal privilege, Andrew Lownie, the author of <em>Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/york\"><em>York<\/em><\/a>, a 2025 biography of the former prince, has he doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s \u201cthe end of it\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 estYHY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/10\/44e3e89cc3f5176079f204c3bb929a33Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTkxNjc3-2.82038383.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/10\/44e3e89cc3f5176079f204c3bb929a33Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTkxNjc3-2.82038383.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/10\/44e3e89cc3f5176079f204c3bb929a33Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzYxOTkxNjc3-2.82038383.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"It is understood that Andrew will now live on the Sandringham estate at the King\u2019s expense\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-29066\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 ghyfOu hgzWpY\">It is understood that Andrew will now live on the Sandringham estate at the King\u2019s expense<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 fbYyBW\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The royal expert said the royal family are \u201cfinally getting ahead of the story\u201d, but added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s the end of it. I think there are many more disclosures to come, but at least they\u2019re taking some decisive action. So, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s all over for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Andrew could be investigated by the police, Lownie told the <em>Daily Mirror<\/em>: \u201cYes. I\u2019ve been saying for some time they\u2019re going to throw Andrew under the bus to save \u00adthemselves, and this is the first indication of that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should have been done years ago. I think it\u2019s been <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/virginia-giuffre-book-prince-andrew-epstein-b2851009.html\" title=\"Posthumous books are messy and fraught \u2013 but Virginia Giuffre\u2019s gives her a voice\">Virginia Giuffre\u2019s book<\/a> that kind of made the palace realise that there is a big problem here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the BBC that the accusations had been a \u201chuge humiliation\u201d for Andrew, and that the former prince has \u201cbeen very depressed about it all, even though he\u2019s been defiant in public\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 hpSlsn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/9\/47\/SEI248848661.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/9\/47\/SEI248848661.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/9\/47\/SEI248848661.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Andrew has denied the accusations made by Virginia Giuffre in her posthumously published book\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-29067\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 ghyfOu hgzWpY\">Andrew has denied the accusations made by Virginia Giuffre in her posthumously published book<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 fbYyBW\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->US District Court \u2013 Southern Dis<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Palace officials had hoped that forcing Andrew to relinquish his Duke of York title would draw a line under the furore, but with MPs demanding answers about the peppercorn rent paid at the Windsor estate, the King acted to end the saga.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that Andrew will now live on the Sandringham estate at the King\u2019s expense, while his ex-wife <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/sarah-ferguson\">Sarah Ferguson<\/a> will also move out and will make her own living arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the palace said: \u201cPrince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"3\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 dJhcDJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/8\/24\/Britain-Royals-Andrew-vewra0c9.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/8\/24\/Britain-Royals-Andrew-vewra0c9.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/10\/31\/8\/24\/Britain-Royals-Andrew-vewra0c9.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"It is understood that although the King initiated the process to formally remove his titles and honours, Andrew did not object to it\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-29068\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 ghyfOu hgzWpY\">It is understood that although the King initiated the process to formally remove his titles and honours, Andrew did not object to it<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 fbYyBW\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->AP<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement added: \u201cTheir Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that although the King initiated the process to formally remove his titles and honours, Andrew did not object to it.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Wales is also understood to be supportive of the King&#8217;s decision, as is the wider royal family. Andrew\u2019s move to an undisclosed property on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk will take place as soon as practicable, it is understood.<\/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.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The removal of his \u201cprince\u201d title has marked the latest chapter in Andrew\u2019s fall from grace this week. 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