UK Removes Ex-Prince Andrew From Official Peerage Roll Amid Title Stripping

Prince Andrew, the disgraced Duke of York and brother to King Charles III, has been formally stripped of his royal titles and removed from the official roll of the peerage, a key step in permanently severing his royal status amid controversy surrounding his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of sexual misconduct. The King initiated the formal process to remove Andrew's style, titles, and honours, and he will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Additionally, Andrew has been ordered to vacate the Royal Lodge, where he had been living under a lease that protected his residence, and move to a private home on the Sandringham Estate. Despite these actions, Andrew remains eighth in line to the British throne, and removing him from the succession line would require an act of Parliament and approval from other Commonwealth realms. Public opinion strongly supports the stripping of his titles, with many MPs urging Parliament to eliminate any possibility of him ascending the throne. Buckingham Palace has expressed its sympathies for victims of abuse and emphasized that Andrew's removal was necessitated by his serious lapses in judgment, although he continues to deny the allegations against him.