Prince Andrew Will No Longer Be A ‘Prince,’ Buckingham Palace Says

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The British monarchy will remove Prince Andrew’s title of “prince,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement Thursday that said he will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, as the now-former royal deals with the fallout from his past relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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The British Royal Family began the process of stripping Andrew of his “Style, Titles and Honours,” according to the statement, almost two weeks after he voluntarily relinquished his Duke of York title and other honors.

Andrew will also be required to surrender his lease on the Royal Lodge and move to “private accommodations,” according to the statement, and the BBC later reported he will move to an estate in Sandringham funded privately by his brother, King Charles III.

Andrew has long denied the allegations levied against him by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, but the Royal Family said these “censures were deemed necessary” against the former prince.

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The Royal Family said it wanted 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.” Andrew was accused of sexual assault by Giuffre, who claimed she was Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to the former prince. Giuffre died by suicide in April, but further details of her experience with Andrew came to light after her posthumous memoir was published earlier in October.