Andrew to lose Duke of York title

[Flixon]

News banner from the Torygraph saying Andrew and Sarah are losing their titles. They will be ‘put into Abeyance’ Andrew also to lose the Order of the Garter. Sarah will be known as Sarah Ferguson, he retains ‘Prince’ as he is the son of HM QE2.

bloody good job !

The title is ‘in abeyance’.

It’s resting.

He still has the titles, he’s just not going to use them, just like Harry and Meghan don’t use HRH, they are still HRH, to remove the title of Duke it has to go through Parliament.

He's not surrendering them. He's just not going to use them.

And he will still be Prince.

Well the police and CPS are supposed to look at evidence without fear or favour. If they don’t prosecute because of other, third party interests, that have nothing to do with legitimate public interest, as set out within their statutory remit, then they are as corrupt as Prince Andrew.

A settlement does not imply guilt. It will have been done for reasons of finance and to avoid more negative publicity.

They could not have worked harder for the consequences they are and have faced.

Well, quite. Sensible move seems to leave in abeyance until the time comes for it to pass to Louis.

He has 'renounced' it, meaning he no longer holds it (voluntarily, at least nominally).

seeing them parading around with privilege and power is insulting

Well that's it really isn't it?

Pushing himself forwards, making himself seen.

I wouldn't care how many titles he had if he would be made to fuck off/keep out of sight.

OMG! She's going to be known by her name. How awful for her.

He has not renounced it.

Prince Andrew's statement in fullpublished at 19:01
19:01Breaking

Let's bring you the full statement:

"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.

"With His Majesty'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."

I don't think that title does pass down to the DofY's descendants - it's given to the second son of the monarch, whoever that is for each monarch (assuming they have more than one DS). That's why I don't understand how it works - you're going to get more than one DofY, unless it's not conferred on the next one until the older one dies. Just like Duke of Edinburgh was conferred on Edward after his dad died.

I think it achieves quite a lot. While he has those titles he can still use them for business leverage but this sends a really strong message that he’s officially out of favour with the King. By default it’ll remove Sarah Ferguson’s privileges too.

I guess it also sends a subtle message to H & M as well - it says, ‘we can remove titles and if pushed, we will’.

That went well.

Dirty nonce.

Well if she kept her non-titled married name then she would be Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, surely?

When Prince Andrew arrived at the* *house that evening, Maxwell was more coquettish than usual. “Guess Jenna’s age,” she urged the prince, after she introduced me. The Duke of York, who was then 41, guessed correctly: 17. “My daughters are just a little younger than you,” he told me, explaining his accuracy. As usual, Maxwell was quick with a joke: “I guess we will have to trade her in soon.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-abuse-epstein-maxwell

Now he needs to fuck off out of the house in Windsor.

No titles have been removed.

I can’t stand Andrew and think he is guilty as hell, but I have to agree with this post. Settlements are made in civil proceedings every day by people/entities that have done nothing wrong. And people accused of crimes they didn’t commit accept cautions and lesser charges in criminal cases to make it go away. Just look at all the poor innocents who agreed to settlements with the Post Office.

People, try and read!

He has not renounced his titles. They are not in abeyance. He is just not using them.

I know, Indianrollerbird, but some of our institutions are no strangers to corruption, and if there's a royal head on the line I'd fully expect it to be exercised

Of course, if Andrew's unable to use his current title, there's always this (other sites are available):

www.elitetitles.co.uk/

I would hope that Louis might get the title of Duke of Edinburgh in due course. Why should the poor boy be lumbered with a disgraced title. Just let it moulder ad they have done with the Clarence title.

She's Sarah, Duchess of York. Similarly, Lady Di became Diana, Princess of Wales upon divorce. No HRH for either of them.
This is why our Megs, styling herself as Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is so odd, she's using the style normally reserved for those divorced from royals. Admittedly she also isn't HRH.

Same source says he has renounced them:

No he hasn’t, he’s just not going to use it, in public anyway, I expect he will still be referred to as HRH by acquaintances, friends and staff.