Prince Andrew arrives at mass at Westminster Cathedral, September 16, 2025. © Aaron Chown / Getty Images
The King of large Britain Charles III stripped his brother, Prince Andrew, of the remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence due to charges of sexual assault and close relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
According to the royal family, from now on the erstwhile prince will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and must leave the Royal Lodge residence close Windsor Castle, where he has lived for over 20 years.
Andrew, who gave up the title of Duke of York at the beginning of this month, will decision to ‘alternative private apartment’, informed Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
"These reprimands are considered necessary, despite the fact that he inactive denies the allegations he has made.
Their Majestys want to make it clear that their thoughts and deepest compassion are and will stay with the victims and survivors of all forms of abuse.” – reads the statement.
According to the BBC, Andrew remains eighth in line for the British throne, despite the failure of titles.
In 2022, Andrew made a settlement in a civilian trial with American activist Virginia Giuffre, who claimed to have raped her 3 times in 2001 erstwhile she was 17.
Giuffre, who committed suicide in April, claimed that Epstein and his girlfriend, British celebrity Ghislaine Maxwell, had smuggled her into the royal family.
Andrew maintains that alleged incidents ‘Never happened’ and claims he did not know about Epstein's crimes erstwhile he hosted him and Maxwell at the Royal Lodge in 2006.
An interest in Epstein's case rekindled at the beginning of that year erstwhile US government agencies reported that they had found no evidence of a crime in his death in 2019 in Manhattan prison, which was considered suicide.
Officials besides denied that a discredited financier kept a list of wealthy persons he allegedly traded to women.
Giuffre's memories were posthumously published in October, which again attracted attention to Andrew's relation with Epstein.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/627172-king-charles-evicts-andrew/
