Duke of York, Prince Andrew and Royal Family
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Prince Andrew gave up his Duke of York title on 17 October, but before this, the prestigious title held a very significant link to the late Queen
The royal family has made a huge change to their official website after announcing that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor would be stripped of his royal titles.
Prince Andrew agreed to stop using the title “Duke of York” and has been banned from attending British royal family Christmas gatherings, as Buckingham Palace continues to try to distance itself from the royal over his past friendship with convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The man once known as Prince Andrew faces what could be his final humiliation — King Charles III plans to strip him of his last honorary military rank, Britain’s defense secretary confirmed Sunday.
New reports indicate William and Kate want to avoid the controversial title, preferring to keep his birth-given title of Prince of Wales.
In Andrew Lownie's biography of the ex-Duke of York, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, the author spoke to a number of Andrew's former classmates at Gordonstoun, the same Scottish boarding school attended by Prince Philip,