Prince Andrew faces an uneasy future within the royal family as Buckingham Palace begins the process of removing his royal titles.

In October 2025, Prince Andrew announced that he would “no longer use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon” him due to his connection to late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” The prince has continued to “vigorously deny” any wrongdoing, though he did reach a private settlement with late Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre in 2022 after she sued him for sexual assault. (Epstein and Giuffre both died by suicide, in 2019 and 2025, respectively.)

A statement from Buckingham Palace in October 2025 confirmed that King Charles III would strip Andrew of his royal titles, giving him the new legal name of Andrew Mountbatten

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