Prince Andrew gives up all titles including Duke of York: live updates

Virginia Giuffre’s sister-in-law said it was “just the beginning of what’s to come” after Prince Andrew gave up his titles on Friday.

talking to newsnight Along with Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, Amanda said that the story is much bigger than the obvious, and that the family will remain “relentless”.

Skye said she is now getting some measure of justice for the work her sister did.

The Queen had great personal attachment to the title, which she bestowed upon Andrew on the morning of his wedding.

The title was held by his father, King George VI, before his accession to the throne.

The Duke of York reportedly told his pedophile friend in an email on 28 February 2011 “We’ll be playing some more soon” – three months after the date he told BBC He had severed contact with the infamous financier.

The message also reportedly casts doubt on another claim Andrew, 65, made in his infamous 2019 interview with Newsnight – that his meeting with Ms Giuffre “didn’t happen”.

“This is not just a victory for him, but a victory for every single survivor of the terrible crimes he committed [Jeffrey] Epstein and his co-conspirators”, family members told New York Post In a statement.

The family has called on Andrew, who has denied all wrongdoing, including Giuffre’s allegations, to lose the title of next prince.

giuffre, who Died by suicide earlier this yearShe was one of the first people to publicly call for charges against Epstein and has been a vocal advocate for his alleged victims.

As well as no longer using the title Duke of York, a long-established title gifted to him by his mother Queen Elizabeth II at his wedding to Sarah Ferguson in 1986, Andrew will also give up other titles: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. He will remain a prince, which he has been entitled to since birth.

Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will also no longer use the title of Duchess of York. Their children, Beatrice and Eugenie, would remain princesses.

Andrew’s chaotic marriage to Ferguson, widely known as Fergie, lasted a decade, although the two remained close, living together in a 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle.

Ferguson herself has been implicated in allegations related to Epstein.

Last month, several charities cut ties with him after British newspapers published an email he allegedly wrote to Epstein, describing him as his “greatest friend”.

Prince Andrew made four additional flights on pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet, documents published just hours after Andrew announced he would stop using his title show.

Flight log shows Andrew flew from Luton to Edinburgh on September 1, 2006, with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as a flight on May 12, 2000, where she was named to travel with Epstein, Maxwell, celebrity chef Adam Perry Lang, a bodyguard, and three others.

The news that Prince Andrew will step down comes after the release of excerpts from Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s upcoming posthumous memoir, which alleges that she was trafficked by Epstein and had sex with Andrew when she was 17. This memoir is going to be published on Tuesday.

Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. In the memoir, she detailed alleged encounters with Prince Andrew, whom she sued in 2021.

Andrew denied her claims and said he did not remember meeting her.

It is the latest fall from grace for the 65-year-old prince, who resigned from public life in 2019 over his relationship with Epstein despite denying any wrongdoing.