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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is no longer a prince.

Yesterday, it was announced Prince Andrew will lose his "prince" title and move out of the royal lodge in the palace's final step against the 65-year-old.

It came as King Charles initiated a formal process to strip the "style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew," amid mounting pressure over his brother's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor," a statement from the palace said.

A slew of questions now remain, but one rings out amongst the noise; what comes next for the disgraced royal.

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Calls are now mounting for the former prince to face investigation over his friendship with Epstein.

The brother of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre, Sky Roberts, has led the calls.

Speaking to BBC, Roberts said: "We need to take it one more step further: he needs to be behind bars, period."

In an interview with Sky News UK Roberts expanded on this, while praising King Charles for standing against his brother.

"He's setting a precedent to the rest of the world to say: I do stand with survivors, I am going to hold even my brother to account," Roberts said.

"But it's still not enough in the sense that he [Andrew] is still walking around a free man.

"He's still in a very, let's say, cushy spot, when he should be … he should be investigated. Let's put it that way."

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UK trade minister Chris Bryant echoed Roberts' sentiments and said, given Andrew was now an "ordinary member of the public", he should go to the US to answer questions if asked.

"If Andrew is asked to do something by a Senate committee, then I would have thought that he would want to comply," Bryant told the BBC.

Hours after King Charles formally requested Andrew's removal from the Roll of Peerage, his Duke of York titles vanished from the official online records.

In addition to losing his title, it's understood Andrew will move from the Royal Lodge to a property on the royals' Sandringham estate in Norfolk, which the King will privately fund, the BBC reports.

"His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation," Buckingham Palace said in a statement, per BBC.

"These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.

"Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse."

The BBC reports the former royal's timeline for relocation is murky. The publication stated Andrew's move from the Royal Lodge may not happen immediately, and he could move to Sandringham as late as the new year.

The Guardian has also reported the former Duke of York is set to receive a large one-off payment, and an annual stipend, as part of his new life as a commoner.

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How a 'discussion' with King Charles kickstarted this.

A week ago, Andrew announced he would no longer use his other royal title, 'The Duke of York', following mounting public pressure over his relationship with Epstein.

As a son of Queen Elizabeth II, the royal was due to keep the title of "prince" as it was bestowed to him upon birth.

Andrew relinquished his 'Duke of York' title after a discussion with King Charles.

"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," Andrew wrote in the statement.

"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."

Since 2022, Andrew hasn't used the title 'His Royal Highness' or 'HRH' in any official capacity. That same year, the Queen also stripped her son of his military titles and patronages.

"With His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further," Andrew continued in the new statement.

"I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me."

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is no longer a prince. Image: Getty.

Andrew was originally given the title Duke of York after his marriage to Sarah Ferguson in 1986.

He has also given up the titles of Earl of Inverness and Baron of Killyleagh, and has given up membership of the Order of the Garter.

His ex-wife, will lose her Duchess of York title, however their daughters Beatrice and Eugenie will retain their princess titles.

Andrew ended the statement: "As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.

In 2015, Andrew was accused of sexual assault by a woman named Virginia Giuffre, when she was under the age of 18. Buckingham Palace denied the allegations.

Giuffre claimed she was the victim of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell from the age of 16. Part of her claim involved being lent out to powerful men, including Andrew.

According to Giuffre, Andrew allegedly sexually assaulted her on three separate occasions: once at Maxwell's home in London, once at Epstein's New York home, and once at an "orgy" on Epstein's private island in the Caribbean when she was 17.

Since the allegations surfaced, Andrew has consistently denied all of Giuffre's claims. And, in 2019, he told BBC Newsnight that he had no recollection of them ever meeting.

Five years later, the royal and Giuffre reached an out-of-court settlement.

In April this year, Giuffre took her own life at a farm in Western Australia, where she had been living for several years. She was 41-years-old.

Her family released a statement in response to the stripping of the 'Duke of York' title, calling it "vindication for [Giuffre] and survivors everywhere".

"This decisive action is a powerful step forward in our fight to bring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's child sex-trafficking network to justice," Giuffre's brothers and sisters, Sky and Amanda Roberts and Danny and Lanette Wilson, said in a statement to PEOPLE.

"Further, we believe it is appropriate for King Charles to remove the title of prince."

Now, of course, that has happened.

Andrew will move to a property on the royals' Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Image: Getty.

Andrew has also come under scrutiny for his links to an alleged Chinese spy, named as businessman Yang Tengbo. In a high court hearing, Tengbo was described as a "close" confidant of Andrew.

In December 2024, the royal said he had "ceased all contact" with the businessman upon advice from the government.

"The duke met the individual through official channels with nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed. He is unable to comment further on matters relating to national security," said an official statement from his office.

With the changing of titles, it begs another question; why now when this saga has been ongoing for years?

In mid-October, the Mail on Sunday published an email between Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein from 2011, a day after a picture of the royal and then-teenage Giuffre was released to the public.

In the email, Andrew told Epstein "we're in this together", to "keep in close touch", and said he wished to "play some more soon".

Days later, The Guardian released an excerpt from Giuffre's posthumous memoir, Nobody's Girl, where she detailed meeting Andrew and his alleged assaults.

"Back at the house, Maxwell and Epstein said goodnight and headed upstairs, signalling it was time that I take care of the prince. In the years since, I've thought a lot about how he behaved. He was friendly enough, but still entitled — as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright," she wrote.

Giuffre's memoir has now been released.

Neither the palace nor Andrew has offered an explanation for the timing of the decision.

But with renewed public attention on his ties to Epstein, the release of Giuffre's memoir, and growing scrutiny of the monarchy, the timing is hard to ignore.

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