In a terse statement, the palace said that Andrew would “continue not to undertake any public duties” and that he “is defending this case as a private citizen.”.
The decision by Buckingham Palace completes a stunning fall from grace for a man who was once one of the royal family’s most popular members — a dashing war hero and eligible bachelor — but who has since become a disgraced figure, left to explain why he associated with a convicted criminal like Mr.The announcement by Buckingham Palace came after extensive discussions within the royal family, according to people with ties to the palace.But the prince, who served as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War, continued to hold several honorary military titles, some of which he had inherited from his late father, Prince Philip.The decision to deprive Andrew of his military titles and the honorific “His Royal Highness” puts him on the same footing as his nephew, Prince Harry, who was forced to give up both after he and his wife, Meghan, withdrew from royal duties and moved to Southern California in 2020.A palace official said that all of the duke’s roles had been turned back to the queen and would be redistributed to other members of the royal family.Epstein and the prince, “to sit on Prince Andrew’s lap, as Prince Andrew touched her.”.
While the prince has already largely vanished from public view, his military affiliations were a lingering source of tension at a time when the royal family had hoped to showcase the queen’s 70 years on the throne.and Army veterans signed a letter to the queen, asking her to strip Andrew of his eight British military appointments, which include colonel-in-chief of the Royal Irish Regiment, royal colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
A sexual-abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, that has surfaced his ties Jeffrey Epstein, have cast a shadow over the British royal family.
Epstein had trafficked her to Prince Andrew, and that the prince had raped her when she was 17.
“Being allowed to retain his role as colonel of the Grenadier Guards and other military titles, Prince Andrew will put a stain on the regiment’s proud history and will devalue the hard work of past and future generations of Grenadiers,” Mr.Royal watchers said that the prospect of a lengthy trial would cast a shadow over the queen’s Platinum Jubilee year, which kicked off informally earlier this week when Buckingham Palace announced a nationwide competition to create the best recipe for a “platinum pudding.”