RUMBLINGS In UK Palace As King Charles Strips Brother Andrew Of Prince Title, Forced Out Of 30-Room Palace Mansion

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King Charles’ decision to cast out his brother Andrew from the monarchy as well as the 30-room mansion where he’s lived for more than 20 years was as sudden as it was dramatic.

It is the ultimate humiliation for the 65-year-old now-former prince, known to enjoy the trappings and privilege of royal life. He will move out of Royal Lodge, his sprawling mansion in the heart of the Windsor estate just outside of London, and be exiled to the countryside to live in obscurity.

The monarchy had been under intense pressure to resolve the Andrew issue amid renewed public fury over his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which was further inflamed by the release of his sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations against him.

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Two weeks ago, Andrew gave up the use of his titles and honors, more than five years after stepping back as a frontline royal. He said he was putting “duty to my family and country first,” but it did little to stop the snowballing scandal.

Then on Thursday evening, October 30, 2025 a brusque bombshell announcement from Buckingham Palace: Andrew is to lose his princely status, and effective immediately he is plain old Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, a commoner.

The palace statement was clear – the decision was the king’s and Andrew had no choice in the matter (although he is understood not to have objected to his brother’s actions). Notable in the statement too, an expression of solidarity with victims of abuse.

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The significance of Charles’ moves on Thursday cannot be overstated. Not since the abdication crisis of 1936 has there been such a public casting aside of a senior British royal.

The decision would doubtless have been difficult – and, given the personal family dynamics at play, deeply personal. But the monarch had no choice – Andrew’s controversies have been dogging the family for years and the publication of his accuser’s posthumous memoir was the final straw. The negotiations to get to this stage will have been challenging but the monarch had no option but to engage damage control mode.

It was not just the public that had expressed outrage and frustration; there had also been increasing calls for Andrew to appear before a parliamentary committee. Perhaps this move will head off that particular indignity.

CNN

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