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Prince Andrew is losing his 'Prince' title and his royal estate
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King Charles’s brother will now be known only as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Prince Andrew to lose ‘Prince’ title, Buckingham Palace announces
October 30
King Charles has stripped his brother, Andrew, of his royal title following years of controversy about his ties with the late sex offender Jeffery Epstein. Buckingham Palace said Andrew's titles, honours and lease on his home, the Royal Lodge, would be surrendered.
The Latest- Prince Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, is losing his lifelong title of "prince" as well as other honours over continued scandals surrounding his past behaviour.
- Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday that Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- A statement said he will also move out of the Royal Lodge, the home in Windsor Great Park he has had for decades.
- Constitutional experts said the move is unprecedented in the Royal Family’s modern history, marking “the first genuine royal crisis” of Charles’s reign.
What’s next for the Royal Family?
Andrew leaving Westminster Cathedral with the Royal Family on Sept. 16. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
As much as today’s censures of Andrew are a significant development, much remains to be seen about how the Royal Family moves forward from the scandals that have surrounded him.
A lot will depend on how the King’s moves are received by the public, and the extent to which Andrew, who has been seen at family moments such as the recent funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, disappears from public view.
“I think when you look at most of the crises about the monarchy, it's when the monarchy is out of step with public opinion and out of step with parliamentary opinion,” Prescott told me earlier this week.
Today’s announcement could have some impact.
“The statement from the King was clear, especially when saying, ‘these censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him,’” Prescott told me just now.
“It’s clearly distancing Andrew from the rest of the monarchy, which is reinforced by moving him to Sandringham. This move has put the monarchy back in step with public opinion and opinion in Parliament.”
How long that lasts will only emerge over time.
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