{"id":2130120,"date":"2025-11-02T08:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2130120"},"modified":"2025-11-02T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:43:21","slug":"king-charles-iii-strips-prince-andrew-of-titles-evicts-him-from-royal-residence-over-epstein-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-charles-iii-strips-prince-andrew-of-titles-evicts-him-from-royal-residence-over-epstein-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles, evicts him from royal residence over Epstein ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON (AP) \u2014 King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace said the king \u201cinitiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Effective immediately, Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into \u201cprivate accommodation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demand had been growing on the palace to oust the prince from Royal Lodge after he surrendered his use of the title Duke of York earlier this month over new revelations about his friendship with Epstein and allegations by one of Epstein\u2019s victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre.<\/p>\n

WATCH:<\/strong> Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre\u2019s posthumous memoir exposes abuse by powerful men<\/a><\/p>\n

But the king went even further to punish him for serious lapses of judgment by removing the title of prince that he has held since birth as a child of a monarch, the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him,\u201d the palace said. \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

Andrew faced a new round of public opprobrium after emails emerged earlier this month showing he had remained in contact with Epstein longer than he previously admitted.<\/p>\n

That news was followed by publication of a posthumous memoir by Epstein accuser\u00a0Giuffre, who alleged she had sex with Andrew when she was 17. \u201cNobody\u2019s Girl\u201d detailed three alleged sexual encounters with Andrew, who she said acted as if he believed \u201chaving sex with me was his birthright.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew, 65, has long\u00a0denied Giuffre\u2019s claims, but\u00a0stepped down from royal duties\u00a0after a disastrous November 2019 BBC interview in which he attempted to rebut her allegations.<\/p>\n

Andrew paid millions in\u00a0an out-of-court settlement\u00a0in 2022 after Giuffre filed a civil suit against him in New York. While he didn\u2019t admit wrongdoing, he acknowledged Giuffre\u2019s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.<\/p>\n

Andrew is expected to move to a property on the king\u2019s Sandringham estate near the northeast coast and receive private financial support from his brother.<\/p>\n

His ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, who had been living with him in the 30-room mansion, will have to find a new home.<\/p>\n

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