He may continue to be crowned with other unofficial titles — “scandal-plagued,” “disgraced royal” among them — but Prince Andrew will no longer be known as the Duke of York.

On Friday evening U.K. time, the British royal announced that “in discussion with The King and my immediate and wider family” he has decided he’ll no longer be using the ducal title that his mother gave to him on his wedding day, per royal custom.

Prince Andrew and King Charles leaving the funreal of the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. ADRIAN DENNIS AFP via Getty Images The Star

He’s also dropping “the honours that have been conferred” including his membership in the Order of the Garter, the most elite seal of approval a monarch can bestow.

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