forced to relinquish use of his remaining royal titles<\/a> after the latest revelations about his relationship with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein proved one scandal too many for his brother, King Charles III.<\/p>\nAndrew\u2019s antics have tried the patience of the royal family for more than 40 years, triggering embarrassing headlines, lawsuits and suspicions that the prince, now 65, was using his position for personal gain.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the episodes that tarnished the reputation of the late Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s second son and finally forced his older brother to banish him from public life.<\/p>\n
1984 \u2014 Andrew sprays reporters and photographers with paint while touring a construction project in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u201cI enjoyed that,\u201d Andrew said, while wiping his hands on a piece of newspaper.<\/p>\n
2007 \u2014 The prince sells his house at Sunninghill Park, near Windsor Castle, for 15 million pounds, 3 million pounds more than the original asking price. The buyer was Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of Nursultan Nazarbayev, then president of Kazakhstan, raising concerns that the deal was an attempt to buy influence in Britain.<\/p>\n
2010 \u2014 An undercover reporter posing as a wealthy Arab films Andrew\u2019s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, apparently offering to sell access to the prince for 500,000 pounds ($670,000 at the current exchange rate).<\/p>\n
2011 \u2014 Andrew is forced to resign as Britain\u2019s special trade envoy following the first reports of his links to Epstein. The prince was also facing questions about his friendship with Said Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, as well as his links to a convicted Libyan gun smuggler.<\/p>\n
July 2019 \u2014 Epstein is arrested for a second time on charges of sex trafficking and later commits suicide in a New York jail cell. The news focuses public attention on allegations that Andrew had sex with at least one underage teenager trafficked by Epstein. Andrew denies the allegations.<\/p>\n
Nov. 16, 2019 \u2014 Andrew attempts to staunch the flood of criticism by agreeing to an on-camera grilling by BBC reporter Emily Maitlis. The interview backfires when Andrew defends his relationship with Epstein, fails to show empathy for his victims and offers explanations of his behavior that many people find hard to believe. Andrew says he broke off contact with Epstein in December 2010, a date that will come back to haunt him.<\/p>\n
Nov. 20, 2020 \u2014 Buckingham Palace announces that Andrew will suspend all royal duties \u201cfor the foreseeable future.\u201d Four days later, the prince is stripped of his role as patron of 230 charities.<\/p>\n
2022 \u2014 Andrew agrees to settle a New York civil lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was 17. While Andrew didn\u2019t admit to any of Giuffre\u2019s allegations, he acknowledged that she had suffered as a victim of sexual abuse. Legal experts estimate that the undisclosed settlement cost Andrew as much as $10 million.<\/p>\n
2024 \u2014 Andrew\u2019s ties to a suspected Chinese spy are revealed in court documents. The businessman and suspected spy was barred from the U.K. because of concerns he posed a threat to national security. Security officials were concerned that the man could have misused his influence over Andrew.<\/p>\n
April 25, 2025 \u2014 Virginia Giuffre dies of suicide in Australia, where she had lived since about 2002.<\/p>\n
Oct. 12, 2025 \u2014 British newspapers reveal that Andrew sent an email to Epstein on Feb. 28, 2011, more than two months after the prince had told Maitlis he cut off all contact with his one-time friend. Andrew wrote the email after continued media reporting about the Epstein scandal, telling him they were \u201cin this together\u201d and would \u201chave to rise above it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It was updated on Feb. 27, 2026 to correct that the then-prince sold his house near Windsor Castle for 15 million pounds, which was 3 million pounds more than the original asking price \u2014 not for an amount 20% over the 15 million pound asking price.<\/p>\n
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