Prince Andrew will now be called Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. He has been stripped of all his royal titles and is now expected to live like a commoner. But why? Turns out his alleged dark past has caught up to him.
Prince Andrew's Epstein link
The explosive revelations in the posthumous memoir of Jeffrey Epstein victim, Virginia Giuffre, in which she reiterated in shocking detail allegations that she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew three times, opened the floodgates to further outrage.
The BBC reported this week that Andrew hosted Epstein, his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell -- imprisoned for trafficking -- and former US film producer Harvey Weinstein, now in prison for sexual assault, at the Lodge in 2006 for his daughter Beatrice's 18th birthday.
Under pressure from his older brother, Andrew already agreed to relinquish his cherished title as Duke of York, as well as the prestigious Order of the Garter this month.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's future
Moves to oust Andrew from Royal Lodge have gathered pace in the past week, given new urgency by the pending move of William, and his wife Kate and three young children, into a new home not far away from the lodge on the Windsor estate.
And now Andrew will be surrendering the lease on Royal Lodge as soon as possible. It is understood he will be moving to the king's Sandringham estate in eastern Norfolk. Reports say his ex-wife will make her own arrangements.
The reputational damage is glaring too -- and it goes beyond Andrew himself. Public anger has grown at Andrew's privileged lifestyle. Just this week, King Charles was heckled during a visit to a cathedral and asked about Andrew's connection to Epstein.
The problems can be legal too. There have been increasing calls to put Andrew before a parliamentary committee to probe deeper into the Epstein case. Many Members of Parliament have also welcomed the royal ouster.
UK media have reported that once William succeeds his father he plans to deepen Andrew's banishment, even forbidding him from attending his coronation.
