Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II stripped Prince Andrew of his military affiliations and royal patronages on Thursday as he continues to fight a New York lawsuit that accuses him of sexually abusing an underage girl.
Andrew will no longer use the title “His Royal Highness” or undertake any public duties while defending the case as a private citizen.
Andrew’s official roles will be given to other members of the royal family.
The news comes a day after Andrew’s lawyers failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss the lawsuit, filed by Virginia Guiffre.
Guiffre says in the suit that late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide while awaiting trial on federal sex abuse charges in 2019, arranged for the Duke of York to sexually abuse her.
Court documents show that Guiffre settled a similar case against Epstein 11 years ago for $500,000.
Prince Andrew has denied all allegations.
Buckingham Palace made the announcement within hours after a letter of more than 150 veterans of the Royal Navy, Air Force and Army called on the queen to strip her second son of all titles and ranks in the armed forces.
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Every powerful family has a scapegoat and looks like Andy is it. How about old Lizzy look at what her government is doing to Australians instead of worrying about their “ royal standing”.
ITS NOT her govt doing a damn thing, in australia.. ITS THE AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE ELECTED to office, that are..
In this kind of article, no headline should start with “Queen Strips”,,,Might get Andrew lusting for over-aged girls.
Very funny Ma’am/Sir. He might get excited.
Is this POS, pond scum, worthless person still getting money from the citizens of the UK? We can only hope NNNNNNOOOOOOO.
He’s probably got a few million quid stashed somewhere.. “For a rainy day”..