In October, Buckingham Palace confirmed that King Charles III had formally removed his brother — formerly known as Prince Andrew — from his remaining military titles and stripped him of his dukedom. The decision followed renewed and damaging allegations surrounding Andrew’s past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
At the same time, it was revealed that Andrew had been asked to vacate Royal Lodge, the Windsor residence he had shared with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, since 2004.
Titles Removed Amid Renewed Allegations
Less than a month later, further fallout followed ahead of the posthumous release of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir. In the book, Giuffre detailed alleged sexual encounters with Andrew when she was a minor. Shortly before its release, Andrew’s ‘Prince’ title was also formally dropped.
Ferguson, now 66, was not spared from the humiliation. She was required to relinquish her ‘Duchess of York’ title — a rare distinction she had retained following the couple’s divorce in 1996.