By Michael Holden

LONDON (Reuters) -Once widely reputed to be Queen Elizabeth’s favourite son and feted as a dashing young military officer, Britain’s Prince Andrew will now always be seen in the public eye as the royal who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl.

Andrew, 65, said on Friday he would give up his title of Duke of York after years of criticism about his connections to the late, disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The brother of King Charles was accused by Virginia Giuffre of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager at properties owned by Epstein or his associates, and in February 2022 he made an undisclosed payment to settle a U.S. lawsuit.

BY THE QUEEN’S SIDE

While he admitted no wrongdoing, Andrew – who had already stepped down as a working royal over

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