FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Abbey pursuing the coronation ceremonial of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla, successful London, Britain May 6, 2023.
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Britain's King Charles has stripped his younger member Andrew of his rubric of prince and forced him retired of his location by Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace said connected Thursday, punishing him implicit his ties to the precocious enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, 65, the younger member of Charles and 2nd lad of the precocious Queen Elizabeth, has travel nether mounting unit implicit his behaviour and ties to Epstein and earlier this period helium was forced to halt utilizing his rubric of Duke of York.
Charles has present escalated his actions against Andrew by stripping him of his titles, leaving him to beryllium known arsenic Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
The Buckingham Palace connection said a ceremonial announcement had present besides been served connected Andrew to surrender the lease of his Royal Lodge mansion connected the Windsor Estate, westbound of London, and helium volition determination to alternate backstage accommodation successful eastbound England.
A drone presumption shows Royal Lodge, a ample spot connected the property surrounding Windsor Castle, which belongs to Britain's Prince Andrew, is seen successful Windsor, Britain, Oct. 21, 2025.
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Palace says thoughts are with victims of abuse
"These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the information that helium continues to contradict the allegations against him," the palace said. "Their Majesties privation to marque wide that their thoughts and utmost sympathies person been, and volition stay with, the victims and survivors of immoderate and each forms of abuse."
A palace root said that portion Andrew continued to contradict the accusations against him, it was wide that determination had been superior lapses of judgement. The root said the determination was taken by Charles but that the monarch had the enactment of the wider family, including heir-to-the-throne Prince William.
In caller weeks British newspapers person turned their absorption connected Andrew's finances aft the Times reported that helium had not paid rent connected his 30-room mansion for 2 decades, but had funded astatine slightest 7.5 cardinal pounds ($10.07 million) of renovations erstwhile helium moved in.
In a uncommon governmental intervention, a British parliamentary committee had connected Wednesday questioned whether Andrew should inactive beryllium surviving successful the house.
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