"King Charles has initiated a formal process to remove the style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the palace said. It is understood the king had the support of the Prince of Wales in the decision and Andrew did not object to the process. The decision follows anxiety within the royal household about the reputational risk to the monarchy caused by continual headlines concerning Andrew's friendship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."
"This month the Guardian published extracts from the posthumous memoir of Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, aged 41. In the book she claimed the prince believed that having sex with me was his birthright. Andrew has always denied claims he had sex with Giuffre when she was 17, and settled a civil case with her for a reported 12m with no admission of liability."
King Charles has initiated a formal process to remove Prince Andrew's style, titles and honours. Prince Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and must surrender his Royal Lodge lease. He will move to privately funded accommodation on the Sandringham estate. The decision had support from the Prince of Wales and proceeded without Andrew's objection. The action follows concerns about reputational risk linked to Andrew's association with Jeffrey Epstein and allegations by Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre alleged in a posthumous memoir that the prince believed having sex with her was his birthright. Andrew denies the allegations and settled a civil case for a reported 12m with no admission of liability.
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