"Prince Andrew is no more. Henceforth the king's younger brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. With the Thursday night announcement, and the news that Mr Mountbatten Windsor will quit his 30-room home in Windsor, the monarch hopes to draw a line under the shame of the former prince's friendship with the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and alleged sexual assault of Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, which he has always denied."
"These censures as Buckingham Palace termed them were made necessary by Mr Mountbatten Windsor's poor judgment and deceit, including the lie that he had broken off contact with Epstein in 2010. But the real damage was done by his grotesquely entitled behaviour and appalling choice of friends. It should not have taken the painful details in Ms Giuffre's posthumous memoir, an extract of which was published in the Guardian, to make it obvious that the shelter this arrogant man enjoyed had to be removed."
"Evicted from the crown estate, Mr Mountbatten Windsor will now live on the king's private property at Sandringham estate in Norfolk, at the king's expense. Thursday's statement asserted that royal sympathies lie with the victims of abuse, while avoiding any mention of perpetrators. In 2022, 12m was paid to Ms Giuffre on behalf of the then Prince Andrew, and the late queen is believed to have stumped up the cash. There was no admission of liability."
Prince Andrew will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and will quit his 30-room home in Windsor. The king removed royal shelter and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will live on the king's private Sandringham estate at the monarch's expense. The actions respond to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, alleged sexual assault of Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, which he denies, and lies about severing contact with Epstein in 2010. A £12m payment was made to Giuffre in 2022 on his behalf with no admission of liability. Public outrage since the 2019 interview and potential US file releases make full closure unlikely.
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