King Charles strips Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of royal titles

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has officially been stripped of all his royal titles.

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King Charles, Andrew's elder brother, suspended the official “His Royal Highness” on Wednesday after issuing a letters patent, a document that can grant or revoke appointments or titles.

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“The KING was pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3rd November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold or enjoy the style, title or attribute of “Royal Highness” and the titular dignity of “Prince”.” reads an advertisement published in Newspaperofficial UK public record.

The title of Duke of York was also stripped by the monarch.

Last week King Charles announced that he had initiated the formal process of stripping all royal titles and allegations from his disgraced brother after reports revealed his close relationship with convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Andrew, 65, must also leave Royal Lodge, a 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle. He is expected to move to a property on the private Sandringham estate in Norfolk, about 200km north of London. The estate belongs to King Charles after he inherited it from his mother, Queen Elizabeth, upon her death in September 2022.

“These censures are considered necessary despite the fact that he continues to deny the charges brought against him,” This is stated in a statement from Buckingham Palace on October 30..

Andrew's downfall followed revelations about his relationship with the late Epstein, which were detailed in Virginia Giuffre's posthumously published memoir: Nobody's girl.

Giuffre, one of Epstein's accusers, recounted in the book how she was allegedly a victim of sex trafficking as a teenager and said she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times.

Giuffre was 41 when she took her own life earlier this year while living in Australia, shortly after the book was completed.

“Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies are and will remain victims and survivors of all forms of violence,” Buckingham Palace said last week.