PRINCE NOW KNOWN AS JUST ANDREW? THE ROYAL SPLIT COMES AFTER YEARS OF PRESSURE REGARDING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN. WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THAT ANDREW’S BROTHER, KING CHARLES THE THIRD, TOOK HIS PRINCE TITLE AWAY AND TOLD HIM TO MOVE OUT OF HIS ROYAL RESIDENCE, WHICH IS CALLED ROYAL LODGE. HE’LL NOW BE KNOWN AS ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR, A ROYAL HISTORIAN WHO HAS STUDIED THE FAMILY FOR DECADES, SAYS ANDREW IS NOW SEEN AS A COMMONER AND HE WILL LOSE HIS PLACE IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION. I THINK THE KING HAS DONE THE RIGHT THING. HE IS NOW PUT ON HIS KING HAT, HIS CROWN AND IS DEALING WITH THE ISSUE THAT BECAUSE IT HAS JUST BEEN SPIRALING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WELL, I MEAN, OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, SOURCES TELL CNN THAT ANDREW WON’T HAVE
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Royal historian explains title changes for former Duke of York
The former Duke of York has been stripped of his royal titles and is now again a commoner.
The former Duke of York no longer has his title of “prince,” which one royal historian said is “very much a step down.” Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, this week, was stripped of his royal titles and is now again a commoner. Marlene Koenig has studied and written extensively on the British Royal Family and posts frequently about their history on her blog, Royal Musings. Over the last week, Andrew, brother to King Charles, was stripped of his titles in an attempt to deal with the scandal over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even as Andrew continues to deny allegations against him. “He is just plain Mr. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” Koenig said. “He is now again a commoner. Not because he will no longer be a prince, because princes are technically commoners, because he was a Peer of the Realm as a duke.” According to Koenig, this move also means the former duke is set to be evicted from Royal Lodge. “Andrew is Charles’ brother. Charles is also king,” Koenig said. “And he has now put on his king hat, his crown, and is dealing with the issue.”Andrew is not the only royal to lose his title in modern history. Koenig recently blogged about the wartime events of 1917 in which three British princes lost their titles with the Titles Deprivation Act.Currently, Andrew remains in the line of succession, but comes eighth in line after Prince William, and his children, and then Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his children. Koenig said it is highly unlikely Andrew will be removed from the line of succession. “That would take an act of parliament to change the succession,” she said, “which is very unlikely to happen because it would take all of the realms.” The 14 realms include Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Jamaica. Koenig sees these recent moves as a necessary move to put Andrew “out to pasture,” saying the king has done “the right thing.” “I think Queen Elizabeth was too much of a mother dealing with this issue than sovereign, because this issue could have been handled years ago,” Koenig said.
The former Duke of York no longer has his title of “prince,” which one royal historian said is “very much a step down.” Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, this week, was stripped of his royal titles and is now again a commoner.
Marlene Koenig has studied and written extensively on the British Royal Family and posts frequently about their history on her blog, Royal Musings.
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Over the last week, Andrew, brother to King Charles, was stripped of his titles in an attempt to deal with the scandal over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, even as Andrew continues to deny allegations against him.
“He is just plain Mr. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” Koenig said. “He is now again a commoner. Not because he will no longer be a prince, because princes are technically commoners, because he was a Peer of the Realm as a duke.”
According to Koenig, this move also means the former duke is set to be evicted from Royal Lodge.
“Andrew is Charles’ brother. Charles is also king,” Koenig said. “And he has now put on his king hat, his crown, and is dealing with the issue.”
Andrew is not the only royal to lose his title in modern history. Koenig recently blogged about the wartime events of 1917 in which three British princes lost their titles with the Titles Deprivation Act.
Currently, Andrew remains in the line of succession, but comes eighth in line after Prince William, and his children, and then Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his children. Koenig said it is highly unlikely Andrew will be removed from the line of succession.
“That would take an act of parliament to change the succession,” she said, “which is very unlikely to happen because it would take all of the realms.”
The 14 realms include Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Jamaica.
Koenig sees these recent moves as a necessary move to put Andrew “out to pasture,” saying the king has done “the right thing.”
“I think Queen Elizabeth was too much of a mother dealing with this issue than sovereign, because this issue could have been handled years ago,” Koenig said.
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