Andrew, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles, began Friday without the title of "prince."

Now known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former Duke of York is also set to be evicted from Royal Lodge, his home of 20 years on the Windsor estate. This comes as the Royal Family makes another attempt to overcome the scandal over Andrew's links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Buckingham Palace has described the move as “necessary censures."

The removal of titles is not unprecedented, but it is the first in the modern era.

The last time a prince had his title removed is understood to be more than 100 years ago, when Prince Charles Edward – one of Queen Victoria’s grandsons – had the title of Duke of Albany stripped from him by the British parliament under the Titles Depriva

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