UK Authorities Says There Are No Plans to Take away Prince Andrew From Line of Succession Regardless of Lack of Royal Titles
The UK authorities has confirmed it has no intention of introducing laws to take away Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the road of succession.
Andrew, who stays eighth in line to the throne, may solely be formally eliminated by an Act of Parliament — a course of described as advanced by political analysts.
On Thursday, Buckingham Palace introduced that Andrew can be stripped of all royal titles and required to vacate his 30-room Royal Lodge residence in Windsor, although sources say he is not going to be shifting out instantly. The choice adopted months of mounting stress over his non-public life and long-standing scandals.
In her posthumous memoir “No person’s Lady,” Virginia Giuffre reiterated claims that, as a young person, she was pressured to have intercourse with Andrew on three events — allegations he has constantly denied. The controversy has deeply affected his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, and their daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
Ferguson, 66, has additionally confronted renewed scrutiny over her previous ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Regardless of making an attempt to distance herself from the disgraced financier, a number of charities dropped her as a patron after a 2011 e mail surfaced wherein she referred to Epstein as her “supreme buddy.”
Her newest youngsters’s e-book — initially due out on October 9 — has now been rescheduled for November 28.
In the meantime, Beatrice and Eugenie have retained their princess titles, a small comfort for Andrew as he works to defend his daughters from the fallout.
As Andrew reportedly prepares to relocate to Norfolk, questions linger about how the Royal Household will deal with future gatherings — together with Christmas — and whether or not the Yorks will stay inside the royal fold.
Including to the controversy, newly launched US court docket paperwork embrace a 2010 e mail trade between Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein, written after Epstein’s conviction for little one prostitution. Within the e mail, Andrew wrote, “It might be good to catch up in particular person,” regardless of Epstein’s legal historical past. Later that yr, the pair had been photographed collectively in New York’s Central Park.
The fallout from these revelations has reignited calls to take away Andrew’s title from public landmarks. Subsequent month, Northern Eire councillors will debate a proposal to rename Prince Andrew Means in Carrickfergus, with related discussions rising over Prince Andrew Gardens in Belfast and Prince Andrew Crescent in County Tyrone — the place indicators have already been defaced.
The once-prestigious York household title now seems completely tarnished, and their subsequent strikes could sign how they intend to rebuild — or retreat — from royal life.