King Charles humiliated his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor once again by stripping him of his remaining royal honors.
The disgraced royal’s membership of the Order of the Garter was formally canceled by his brother on Monday, according to a statement published in the Gazette, the UK’s official public record.
“THE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated 23 April 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order,” the statement read.
Andrew’s Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victoria Order was also annulled Monday, per an official statement.
This comes after the former Duke of York, 65, was stripped of his “prince” title and kicked out of his Royal Lodge home in October due to his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,” Buckingham Palace told Page Six in a statement Oct. 30.
“His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation.”
The statement continued, “These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.
“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.”
In addition to Prince, the title removal applies to Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh and “His Royal Highness.”
As for vacating the Royal Lodge, Page Six is told that Andrew will do so “as soon as practicable.”
We’re told he will relocate to a property on the private Sandringham estate while his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson — who has lived at the premises since 2008 — is said to be making her own living arrangements as she is also stripped of her Duchess of York title.
However, their children, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, will not lose their titles.
In 2014, in court filings related to Epstein’s lead associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, Virginia Giuffre claimed she was sex trafficked to Andrew when she was a minor.
In 2021, she formally accused Andrew of sexual abuse and battery in a civil lawsuit filed in New York.
Though he denied ever meeting Giuffre and even suggested that the infamous photo of them together had been digitally manufactured, they reached an out-of-court settlement a year later.
Andrew being stripped of his titles comes on the heels of the publication of Giuffre’s posthumous memoir “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice.”
Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year.
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