Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge

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Source: The Guardian

Thu 30 Oct 2025 16.40 EDT
First published on Thu 30 Oct 2025 15.18 EDT


Prince Andrew is to be stripped of his royal titles and will move out of his home at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, Buckingham Palace has announced. 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 and allegations of sexual assault against him by one of Epstein’s victims Virginia Giuffre. 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. Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. “His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.

“Their 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.” It is understood that Andrew will move to a property on the private Sandringham estate in Norfolk, to be privately funded by the king. His ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will also move out of Royal Lodge and will sort out her own living arrangements.

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Thu 30 Oct 2025 15.46 EDT
First published on Thu 30 Oct 2025 15.18 EDT


Prince Andrew is to leave his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor after he was served with a formal notice to surrender the lease, Buckingham Palace has said. 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. Andrew did not object to the process, PA reported.

Andrew's links to the child sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein continue to cause controversy. It is understood that although he denies the accusations, Buckingham Palace considers there have been "serious lapses of judgment". Buckingham Palace said in a statement: "Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.

"Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him. "Their 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."

It is understood that Prince Andrew will move to a property on the private Sandringham estate in Norfolk, the BBC reported, to be privately funded by the king.

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Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace says

Thu 30 Oct 2025 15.18 EDT


Prince Andrew is to leave his home at Royal Lodge in Windsor after he was served with a formal notice to surrender the lease, Buckingham Palace has said.

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.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement: "Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.

"Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.

[Attilatheblond]

1. Prince William is cleaning up the Royals

[WmChris]

11. How about

How about prison for pedophiles rather than comfortable retirement in the country.

[maxsolomon]

21. It would need to be proven in court.

So, sure. Put him on trial for rape.

Where do you see that happening? USVI?

[Attilatheblond]

22. The teen aged girl who was made to service him is dead. Pretty hard to convict without live witnesses.

[maxsolomon]

28. so, you're saying putting Andrew Windsor in prison

is an unlikely scenario?

we concur.

[republianmushroom]

29. Our DOJ favorite term "unreliable witness".

[Grim Chieftain]

45. Agreed

And how about prison instead of the White House for a pedophile in the US?

[SpankMe]

2. I feel bad for King Charles and for Andrew's daughters

Having to strip your own brother of his entire royal status and kick him out of his house must feel terrible. And Beatrice and Eugenie have to live under this for the rest of their lives. Dang

This is a sad story for everyone it touched.

I just wish we had the systems and courage in this country to hold our own high-level abusers to account.

[stopdiggin]

18. they didn't HAVE to do any such thing

This is a calculated public relations operation. (and while one can argue the position that is was necessary ... )
It still bears the element of the tabloid - and the tawdry.

[FakeNoose]

24. I'm pretty sure this was what Queen Elizabeth wanted to have happen

She just delayed the full punishment until after she was gone. The kids (including King Charles) are carrying out their mother's final wish for Andrew. The only thing that wasn't made clear was kicking him out of the Royal Residence.

He's still a multi-millionaire, and he can live on his investments quite comfortably. He just can't be a "royal" anymore. Nobody is coming to his rescue either ... those bridges were burned long ago.

[calimary]

33. "...Nobody is coming to his rescue, either"? That says it all, right there.

I can only guess, but I suspect this was talked over, within the family, and it looks like there were no objections.

Charles has to think of the wellbeing of his whole family and the throne that’s been entrusted to him (and them), well into the future.

He’s always shown himself to be a serious thinker and evaluator. Charles has things, events, and dynamics to consider that few others in the world have in their shoulders. And as someone who’s watched the royal family for years, it strikes me that he understands the weight of responsibility that he has to live with. And it’s probably ground into him from childhood. His sibs got to relax a little, to varying degrees, but nobody has played more fast ‘n’ loose than his brother Andrew has.

[stopdiggin]

46. So essentially you're saying that the Queen kicked the 'tawdry' bit on down the road

in an effort to have the 'tabloid' bit land on someone else?

I guess I'm okay with that.
(I am neither a royal hater, nor a part of the fan club. I do, however, absolutely loath the tabloids - and all that they represent. On both sides of the pond. )

[FakeNoose]

48. The story was given out to non-tabloid papers that Andrew came and told his mother in a private convo

This happened when it became obvious that Andrew was going to be served with lawsuits and summonses by Virginia Roberts' lawyers. Andrew knew that his mother was going to hear everything anyway, and he preferred that she hear it from him.

The Queen told him immediately to resign from all of his speaking engagements and appearances representing the royal family. He was to keep out of sight and out of the media as much as he could manage. They tried to keep it hushed up as much as possible, when Andrew's lawyers made offers to settle the lawsuit etc. I think there were 2 lawsuits, one in the US and one in Britain. A lot of it was posted on DU because that's where I read about it.

[stopdiggin]

50. the post I responded to said this is what the queen wanted

your own account says, "not really."

And - I will maintain that dumping Andrew - is a public relations move on the part of the royals. (and a bit cheesy and shallow along with it)
The wild card here (that I admit to having no idea about) - is the recurrent theme/suggestion - that this move by the family is predicated on a 'more and worse to come' scenario.

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[FakeNoose]

51. You may be right about that

I'm pretty sure that the royal siblings all knew what Andrew was getting away with, long before he finally told his mom. They didn't want to be the ones to tell her and I can't blame them a bit.

[Joinfortmill]

36. Yup. He did the right thing.

[RandySF]

3. Poor guy....

He'll just have to settle for filthy rich.

[tblue37]

6. With emphasis on "filthy."

[underpants]

9. Yeah $5-9M US

Prince Andrew's exact net worth is not publicly confirmed, but it is estimated to be between £5 million and £7 million, with a significant portion likely tied to his assets.

[stopdiggin]

20. which is not exactly 'filthy' rich ?

either side of the Atlantic these days

[Celerity]

30. 6.6 to 9.2 million usd (at current FOREX)

but it is estimated to be between £5 million and £7 million

[underpants]

35. I think I saw 3.7 somewhere

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[Celerity]

40. 3.7? At present FOREX, 1 GBP is worth roughly 1.33 USD.

[Wicked Blue]

5. The next paragraph in the article says

“Their 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.”

To which I say, "Good."

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Sending him to Sandringham (which is a "private" estate they bought, rather than a historic one)

The BBC did a list of possibilities earlier. This moves him handily well away from London (though not as far as the Castle of Mey option would have - that's at the northernmost bit of the British mainland).

Wood Farm, Norfolk
Further afield, there's also Wood Farm, on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, which is privately owned by the monarch.

The cottage, described as "small and intimate" by former housekeeper Teresa Thompson, has strong associations with Prince Andrew's parents.

His father, the late Duke of Edinburgh, chose the secluded property as his permanent home when he retired from public life in 2017.

He and the late Queen already regularly stayed there in preference to opening up Sandringham House when it was just the two of them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c781j7pz87xo

[Skittles]

32. Skittles trivia

my grandmother was an occasional cleaner at Sandringham.......I played there a few times

[Kaleva]

38. Interesting!

[Skittles]

44. heh

I still remember the astonishment of a permanent staff member at my American accent

[yardwork]

8. Wow. Something more must have come out.

Last week reports were saying that he would keep his title as prince and live in royal housing.

There must be even worse information being hidden. I wonder if other victims have come forward.

[ificandream]

10. Too bad the U.S. won't react in a similar manner. We can't even get the government to release the Epstein files.

[Grim Chieftain]

17. And in the US, the orange felon who has been photographed with Epstein became president

Yeah, how's that working for us? A felon and likely pedophile became president. This country has gone to hell.

[Justice matters.]

56. Not 'likely' a pedophile felon.

Sneaking in backstage to 'inspect' beauty contestants - many of them still minors - changing (nude) fully qualify for the 'title' and according to a 13-year-old victim, on tape, alleging the convicted felon raped her violently.

One way or the other (or both) means 'not likely' a pedophile but a real one.

Started with his own daughter.

[Evolve Dammit]

27. or an unredacted Mueller report...

[twodogsbarking]

12. Oh the shame of getting caught.

[RockRaven]

13. It's that time again when the royals pretend they just learned about Andrew and

wish to be seen to be doing something, their past tolerance/apathy not to be mentioned or remembered by the press reporting this "news."

Just like every other time.

[HipChick]

19. It's like they never figured out why he had the nickname "Randy Andy"

[canetoad]

25. It seems very bitter

To be complaining about other countries, considering the state of US politics.

[OnlinePoker]

14. It should have happened as soon as he settled the Virginia Giuffre lawsuit in 2022

The royals backed him the whole time from when the allegations arose in 2015 (?), so waiting another 3 years after the settlement and after Giuffre's suicide was too long.

[BaronChocula]

15. What will they do when more info comes out?

Will they change his name to Andy Trump?

[mwooldri]

16. At some point I want to see Mr. Windsor...

... assuming he gets found guilty of a crime... spend some time at His Majesty's Pleasure... HMP Belmarsh probably.

[Demnation]

23. Tip of the fecal iceberg. Imagine long time, big-named US pols and celebs facing this. Epstein files.

[Evolve Dammit]

26. soft landing for the pedo

[dflprincess]

31. The guy formerly known as Prince

Needs to go public with everything he knows. He deserves what he gets but why should he be the only one facing consequences?

[DinahMoeHum]

59. The Pedophile Formerly Known As Prince

FIFY

[Joinfortmill]

34. Good.

[Paladin]

37. Great Britain, doing it right.

And making trump and this country's power structure look feeble and corrupt, by comparison.

[reACTIONary]

39. ... out of the royal lodge, and....

... into prison?

[area51]

53. if only. n/t

[Clouds Passing]

41. 😪

[Gymbo]

42. Probably not a welcome reply

This is an excellent opportunity for England to discuss retiring the monarchy altogether. Other countries have done a good job making their monarchies minor ceremonial only, why not the rest of them? Please do it before there is any more MAGA talk of making Trump a king.

[johnnyfins]

43. Is this a coincidence that this action was

taken not long after TSF's highly unusual 2nd state visit to Britain?

[Marthe48]

47. A leader is doing something right

Hope they export this idea to the U.S.

[moniss]

49. For once in his life he should do the right thing

and now spill his guts to international investigators about who he knew participated, his knowledge of how it was conducted and not shrink from naming the powerful since he now has none.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

52. Interesting that Fergie gets a pass...

Wasn’t that long ago that reports came out about her being sympathetic to her “dear friend” Epstein, so I find it odd that she’s not mentioned here. I guess they figure she only married the pedo and hasn’t got her own title to remove. I also still find it weird that they were divorced in the early ‘90s but somehow still live together. What was the basis for divorce and how involved was she in the Pedo Island frolics? I’ve seen reports she’s very bitter about this whole upset in her lifestyle. *cue violins*

The daughters are somehow distanced from all this because they seem to have fairly normal marriages and family lives—and lots of sympathy for being related to a couple of really horrible, selfish people.

The whole situation is just weird.

[The Roux Comes First]

54. If Only We Had An Even Vaguely Similar Form of Justice These Days

The former party of "law and order" has morphed into a cowardly band that is frightened by either "law" or "order." Or, basically, the bully they never can face up to.

[Botany]

55. To be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

Sounds and reads like a regal title to me,

How about “Andy the Child Rapist?”

[twodogsbarking]

57. Why not prison? Fuck the royals.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

58. The old moniker "RANDY ANDY" was CORRECT after all!

Play with fire, expect to get burned.

So sad, former Royal known as Prince Andrew.

[NNadir]

60. I know a Epstein type pedophile I'd like stripped of his titles.

I'd also like to see him in prison.