On Thursday evening, local time, the British royal family issued a shocking global statement, imposing a "destroyer" on Prince Andrew — removing Andrew's "Prince" title, changing his name to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and asking him to move out of the royal villa immediately.
This decision stems from the years-long Jeffrey Epstein scandal surrounding Andrew, and his constant lies to the public have nothing to do with Epstein. Buckingham Palace said the move was “a necessary response to the royal family’s morality and public trust.”
However, analysts pointed out that this punishment, which is rare in history and shocks the world, may be a knock on the mountain and shock the tiger. This "tiger" is Prince Harry, who constantly provokes the royal family.
According to a Buckingham Palace statement,"His Majesty has today officially initiated procedures to revoke the title, title and honor of Prince Andrew. From now on, he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor."
At the same time, Buckingham Palace also confirmed that Andrew's original lease in Windsor Royal Villa has been terminated, and he will be asked to move out and move to a private residence in Sandringham Estate.
"His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen would like to declare that they always express their deep condolences and sympathy to the victims and survivors of any form of abuse," the statement said.
Although Andrew still insisted on his innocence, King Charles III had ordered the deprivation of all his titles and privileges, retaining only his status as a British citizen.
The King's Brother personally ordered the Emperor to take over.
The late Queen Elizabeth II of England had four children, namely the eldest son Charles III, second daughter Princess Anne, three sons Prince Andrew and four sons Prince Edward.
Just like all the mothers in the world preferred little boys, Queen Elizabeth loved Prince Andrew very much, resulting in excessive caressing that left Andrew increasingly unregular.
After the death of the queen, the throne was inherited by her eldest son Charles III, who is now King Charles III (in English, "Charlie" is the abbreviation of Charles, many people called "Charlie", whose real name is Charles, including the recently murdered Charles Kirk).
According to British media reports, King Charles III personally approved this decision and signed a royal letter of appointment to the Lord Chancellor to revoke his titles of "Duke of York" and "His Royal Highness". It is said that Andrew did not object to this.
“The king’s position is very clear – the royal family cannot continue to tolerate any shadow that undermines credibility.
The decision was made entirely on the judgment of the King and his advisory corps, without any pressure from the government or Prince William.
Close relationship with Epstein
In fact,Andrew's public image has long been shattered by his involvement in the Epstein case. According to media exposure, Andrew had frequent contact with Epstein. Andrew frequently appeared on Epstein's "Loli Island". Epstein achieved his goal by arranging these celebrities to have sex with underage girls and taking videos.
After the Epstein case was exposed, Andrew publicly announced that he had broken diplomatic relations with Epstein. However, the fact is that Andrew still maintains contact with Epstein.
Although Andrew denied having sex with an underage girl, in one case, a woman namedVirginia Giuffre's victim accused Andrew of having sexually assaulted her several times under Epstein's arrangement, Andrew strongly denied, but paid a huge amount of compensation through an out-of-court settlement in February 2022.
This is a practice of celebrity default convictions. Because out-of-court reconciliation can keep the case mysterious, if not reconciled, the case will be revealed after the trial is completed, and then all secrets will be revealed.
Photographs allegedly taken in 2001 show Prince Andrew with victim Virginia Giuffre, when Giuffre was just 17 years old, as well as Epstein's madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
As the scandal continued to escalate, both King Charles III and Prince William were allegedly "extremely disappointed" with Andrew's attitude.
Despite Andrew's loss of all titles, his two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, still retained the title of "Princess."Charlie III was referred to as "struggling to protect his two nephews," believing that they should not be involved by the actions of his father.
In the coming weeks, Andrew is expected to move from Windsor to Sandringham Mansion in Norfolk, where the former "Queen's Boy" has been completely removed from public life.