Prince Andrew provides up his title as Duke of York

His ex-wife will likely be generally known as Sarah Ferguson and now not Duchess of York, however their daughters will proceed to have the title of princess.

He is anticipated to remain in his Windsor residence, Royal Lodge, on which he has his personal non-public lease which runs till 2078.

Prince Andrew has confronted intense scrutiny over his hyperlinks with disgraced financier Epstein, extra just lately together with questions on when he had actually minimize off contact.

In a now-infamous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019, Prince Andrew stated that he had severed all hyperlinks with Epstein after that they had been photographed collectively in New York in December 2010.

But emails despatched in February 2011 later emerged suggesting that he had privately stayed in contact with Epstein, together with swapping a message: “Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!”

There had been rising frustration in Buckingham Palace on the scandals that continued to encompass the prince.

Next week a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who took her personal life earlier this yr, will likely be printed, which is more likely to solid additional consideration on Prince Andrew’s involvement along with her and Epstein.

Ms Giuffre claimed that she was one in all many weak women and younger girls who had been sexually exploited by Epstein and his circle of rich connections.

She alleged that Andrew had intercourse along with her at his pal Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in London in 2001, when Ms Giuffre was 17 years outdated.

Her memoir describes two different events on which she alleges she had intercourse with Andrew – in Epstein’s townhouse in New York and on Epstein’s non-public island within the US Virgin Islands.

Prince Andrew made a monetary cost to Ms Giuffre in an out-of-court settlement in 2022, after she had introduced a civil case in opposition to him. He denies all of the accusations made in opposition to him.

Speaking to BBC Newsnight following the announcement that Andrew was giving up his titles, Sky Roberts, Ms Giuffre’s brother, stated the information had introduced blended feelings, however that his late sister “would be very proud” of the event.

“We have shed a lot of happy and sad tears today. I think happy because in a lot of ways this vindicates Virginia,” Mr Roberts stated.

“All the years of work that she put in is now coming to some sort of justice,” he added.

Sky additionally referred to as on the King to “potentially go ahead and take out the ‘Prince’ in the Andrew.”

Also chatting with BBC Newsnight, Epstein accuser Haley Robson stated it was a “bittersweet” second.

Ms Robson stated Ms Giuffre “started this fight and we’re going to see it through”, including that “I really wish that she could have been here to see all of what she started”.

“Having him [Prince Andrew] step down and be stripped of his titles is something that is long delayed, and it is very appropriate, and kudos to King Charles,” Ms Robson stated.

Andrew withdrew from Royal Family occasions final Christmas after an alleged Chinese spy who he was linked to was named in a High Court judgement.

His workplace stated nothing delicate had ever been mentioned with Yang Tengbo, also referred to as Chris Yang, who turned an in depth advisor on Andrew’s enterprise ventures.

In 2022, Andrew was repeatedly named in a court docket dispute between a Turkish millionaire and her former enterprise adviser.

There have been no recommendations of wrongdoing by the prince, however the court docket case highlighted the prince as receiving funds in a fancy set of economic offers. A present of £750,000 was returned to the Turkish millionaire by the prince.