King Charles Strips Prince Andrew of Title, Orders Him to Vacate Royal Lodge

King Charles has formally stripped his brother, Prince Andrew, of his “prince” title and ordered him to leave his long-time Windsor residence, Royal Lodge, marking one of the most dramatic royal demotions in modern British history.

In a move that underscores the deepening fallout surrounding Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace announced that the King has initiated a formal process to remove Andrew’s royal title and reclaim his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge.

The Palace confirmed that Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and that “formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease” on Royal Lodge. The disgraced royal is expected to relocate to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him,” Buckingham Palace said in its statement.

Earlier this month, Andrew relinquished his remaining royal titles, including the Duke of York, following renewed scrutiny over his private life. The latest developments follow fresh controversy after the release of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who repeated longstanding allegations that she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions as a teenager. Andrew has consistently denied these claims.

Giuffre’s family described her as “an ordinary American girl who brought down a British prince.”

Adding to the renewed scandal, emails from 2011 resurfaced earlier this month, appearing to show Andrew in contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — despite Andrew’s previous insistence that their friendship had ended months earlier.

Royal correspondents describe this as an unprecedented and humiliating chapter for the King’s brother. “It’s hard to imagine that he had much choice,” one royal reporter noted, calling it “an extraordinary fall from grace” for the once-prominent member of the royal family.