Britain’s Prince Andrew provides up title of Duke of York

Britain’s Prince Andrew mentioned on Friday (October 17, 2025) he would hand over utilizing his title of Duke of York following years of criticism about his behaviour and connections to the late U.S. intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The popularity of Andrew, the youthful brother of King Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has taken a battering lately, most notably due to his hyperlinks to Epstein.

But there have additionally been revelations that certainly one of his shut enterprise associates was thought by the federal government to be a Chinese spy.

In an announcement, Andrew mentioned “the continued accusations about me” distracted from the work of his elder brother King Charles and the broader work of the British royal household.

“I will therefore no longer use the title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me,” Andrew mentioned in an announcement.

Andrew, 65, the eighth-in-line to the throne, was as soon as thought to be a dashing naval officer and served within the army throughout the Falklands War with Argentina within the early Eighties.

But he gained a popularity as a playboy prince, and in 2022 was stripped of most of his titles and faraway from royal duties as a result of his connections to Epstein.

That yr, he settled a lawsuit introduced by Virginia Giuffre, who died in April, which accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a youngster. Andrew has at all times denied her account, which has returned to prominence within the final week with the discharge of her memoir.