Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has officially lost his royal titles.
His older brother, King Charles, sealed the removal today by issuing a Letters Patent.
It means Mr Windsor has now been stripped of the prince title and his HRH style.
It comes after the scandal over the former Duke of York’s links with the convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has lingered on, compounded by the posthumous publication of sex trafficking survivor Virginia Giuffre’s memoir last month.
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Giuffre, who died in April at the age of 41, was one of the most prominent accusers of Epstein, and she claimed Andrew had sex with him when she was just 17.
Giuffre has continued to haunt Andrew with her memoir, followed by previously unaired clips from a 2019 BBC Panorama interview released on Tuesday.
In the interview clips, Giuffre told how she first met Andrew, and what instructions Ghislaine allegedly gave her.
Giuffre said: ‘Ghislaine tells me that I have to do for Andrew what I do for Jeffrey, and that made me sick.
‘I just didn’t expect it from royalty. I didn’t expect from someone who people look up to and admire in the royal family.’
Mr Windsor has denied all allegations.
But the scandal and his past links with Epstein have now seen the 65-year-old former prince be banished from the forefront of the royal family.
The patent entry, published yesterday, said: ‘THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3 November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of ‘Royal Highness’ and the titular dignity of ‘Prince.”
The Duke of York title was removed from the Roll of Peerage last week with immediate effect.
Despite the removal, which was announced last week, the ex-prince remains eighth in line for the throne, and his daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, will retain their titles.
Mr Windsor has been living at the Royal Lodge in Windsor for the past 22 years rent-free.
The manor has also been the home of Sarah Ferguson since 1996 despite their divorce.
Andrew is now preparing to move to Sandringham, while the former Duchess of York is said to be making her own preparations to move elsewhere.
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