After Buckingham Palace announced Prince Andrew will no longer use his royal titles, the British monarchy has gone a step further in no longer referring to the disgraced royal as a prince.

King Charles III initiated the formal process to remove of the style, titles and honors of the former Prince Andrew, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday, Oct. 30.

Windsor will also leave his royal residence and be moved to an alternative private accommodation, the palace siad, three years after he was ousted as a senior royal following allegations over his connections to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him,” Buckingham Palace said in the announcement. “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.”

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Though the former Duke of York continues to deny collaborating with the disgraced sex offender, he previously said he agrees the controversy surrounding him has posed a distraction for the royal family.

“In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life,” Andrew said in an Oct. 17 statement shared by Buckingham Palace.

He added that with King Charles III‘s “agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”

Andrew’s late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, stripped him of his patronages and military associations in 2022, making him a royal persona non grata. The decision occurred after the settlement of sex abuse lawsuit filed against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in Australia earlier this year.

Since then, he has only made public appearances at family events, including his parents’ funerals and, most recently, the funeral of Britain’s Duchess of Kent, Katharine, in September.