Just days after Prince Andrew lost his royal titles and honours after years of allegations about his friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the Firm is set to make a huge change on its website
Buckingham Palace is expected to make a major update to their official website in the coming hours, just days after Prince Andrew announced he will no longer use his royal titles and honours .
Prince Andrew announced he would give up his titles – including the Duke of York – after King Charles reportedly reached “tipping point” over the prince’s ongoing scandals and years of allegations over his friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Now, in the wake of the bombshell announcement, Buckingham Palace are reportedly primed to change Andrew’s official titles on their website, simply referring to him as Prince Andrew, deleting his title of Duke of York.
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Andrew will retain his title of Prince, as he is entitled to as per his birth right. The titles and honours he will no longer use include his wedding day titles – The Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh; his Knighthood as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO); his Garter role as a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
He will also not be able to wear the Garter robes he was seen in at Charles’s coronation. Although Andrew is relinquishing his dukedom, he still technically retains it – and it can only be removed by an Act of Parliament.
Sarah Ferguson, who split from the duke more than 30 years ago but remained one of his greatest supporters and still shares his Royal Lodge home, will also lose her title of the Duchess of York, and will revert back to her maiden name.
Prince Andrew made the bombshell announcement on Friday, saying the accusations against him regarding his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and claims by Virginia Giuffre, which he denies, “distract” from the work of the king and the wider Royal Family .
He said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace: “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.
“I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life. With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”
Charles is understood to have consulted with his eldest son, William, and other members of the Royal Family before Andrew confirmed he would give up his titles.
The prince stepped down from public life in 2019 after his disastrous Newsnight interview in which he said he “did not regret” his friendship with Epstein. He went on to stop using his HRH style and was stripped of his military patronages by the Queen.
Royal aides are understood to be expecting further revelations surrounding the Duke and his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre – who claimed she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew – is due to be published tomorrow. Andrew vehemently denies the claims made against him.
