{"id":43169,"date":"2025-10-31T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T11:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=43169"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:22:19","slug":"prince-andrew-stripped-of-royal-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2025\/10\/31\/prince-andrew-stripped-of-royal-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew stripped of Royal title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2362\" height=\"1575\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43198\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:700px;height:398px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prince_Andrew_Chatham_House_Prize_2013_Award_Ceremony_10224173306-681x454.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2362px) 100vw, 2362px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Prince Andrew (Picture: Chatham House\/Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King Charles II has made the decision to strip his brother Andrew of all Royal titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Prince will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formal notice has also been served for Andrew to surrender the lease on the Royal Lodge in Windsor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lease, until now, had provided legal protection for Andrew to continue residing at the 30-room mansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision comes as a result of mounting pressure on the Palace to take action due to his ties to prolific paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was through his links with Epstein that Andrew allegedly first met 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre, who later claimed that the former prince had sex with her on three separate occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guiffre took her own life in April of this year, and her memoir was published posthumously earlier this month, in which she further levies allegations against Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew has always denied all allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky Roberts, Virginia Guiffre\u2019s brother, appeared on BBC\u2019s Newsnight last night and praised King Charles\u2019 decision as \u201cpaving the way for the rest of the world to follow suit\u201d when it comes to bringing other perpetrators of child sexual abuse to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight the family of Virginia Giuffre say she \u2018brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage\u2019<br><br>Virginia claimed Andrew sexually abused her on three separate occasions. He denies those allegations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydXLSFHb8L\">pic.twitter.com\/ydXLSFHb8L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Victoria Derbyshire (@vicderbyshire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vicderbyshire\/status\/1984018579621343722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement from Buckingham Palace said:\u00a0\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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is expected to vacate the Royal Lodge later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles II has made the decision to strip his brother Andrew of all Royal titles. The former Prince will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Formal notice has also been served for Andrew to surrender the lease on the Royal Lodge in Windsor. The lease, until now, had provided legal protection for Andrew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":43198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1766],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43169"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43207,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43169\/revisions\/43207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}