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Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and forced to leave Windsor home
King’s brother will become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says, in latest fallout from Epstein scandal
It is understood the king had the support of the Prince of Wales in the decision and Andrew did not object to the process.
Not in this together: King Charles cuts Andrew loose to save royal family’s repute
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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 killed herself 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.
Giuffre’s family said on Thursday that “today, she declares a victory” and that she had “brought down a British prince with her truth and extraordinary courage”.