After Buckingham Palace announced Prince Andrew will no longer use his royal titles, the British monarchy has gone a step further in no longer referring to the disgraced royal as a prince.
King Charles III initiated the formal process to remove of the style, titles and honors of the former Prince Andrew, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday, Oct. 30.
Windsor will also leave his royal residence and be moved to an alternative private accommodation, the palace siad, three years after he was ousted as a senior royal following allegations over his connections to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
"These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him," Buckingham Palace said in the announcement. "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."
Though the former Duke of York continues to deny collaborating with the disgraced sex offender, he previously said he agrees the controversy surrounding him has posed a distraction for the royal family.
