Prince Andrew latest: Epstein emails released after King strips Andrew of titles

Andrew has been formally stripped of his titles and will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

Anti-German sentiment led King George V to adopt the name Windsor in 1917, over his father’s house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

The royal family name of Windsor was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth II after her coronation in 1952, but eight years later the then-Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh decided that they would like their own direct descendants to be identified from the rest of the family with a different surname.

It was therefore announced in the Privy Council that descendants of Queen Elizabeth II, other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince or Princess, or by female descendants who marry, would bear the name of Mountbatten Windsor.

Mountbatten was the surname of Prince Philip, the Anglicized version of his mother’s family name Battenberg.

Reports say Andrew’s historical artefacts will not be traveling with him to Sandringham.

Instead the priceless objects will be removed from the walls and given to the Royal Collection Trust, which manages the royal collection. many times,

Paintings and photographs in the house are understood to include Cecil Beaton’s portraits of the late Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and Charles Edouard Boutibon’s 19th-century oil painting of Eugénie, Queen of France and wife of Napoleon III.

Labor MPs have called on Sir Keir Starmer to follow King’s lead and strip Lord Peter Mandelson of his titles over his links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Lord Mandelson was removed from his role as ambassador to the US earlier this year after leaked documents revealed the extent of his friendship with the disgraced financier.

He remains a member of the Labor Party and a peer in the House of Lords, although the Labor whip has been removed.

talking to WireMiddlesbrough MP Andy MacDonald said that stripping Mountbatten-Windsor of his titles was “re-negotiating the Prime Minister’s decision” on Lord Mandelson.

He said: “The King has done the right thing, and now the Prime Minister must do the same like night follows day.

“The King showed leadership in honoring his brother and Keir Starmer must do the same in the case of Peter Mandelson”.

Kim Johnson, Labor MP for Liverpool Riverside, said the former ambassador “should certainly be removed from his peerage”.

Just before 8am on Saturday morning, a black Land Rover Defender with the number plate ending DOY was seen leaving Bishop’s Gate near the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

There was only one driver in the vehicle when it left the grounds of Windsor Great Park.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has previously been photographed driving a vehicle with the same private number plate.

Virginia Giuffre’s brother said he would love to meet the king as he urged Charles to tell US President Donald Trump to “put on his big pants” and release the Epstein files.

Ms Giuffre alleged that she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times, including when she was 17 and during an orgy after being trafficked by Epstein.

The former duke has vehemently denied the allegations.

Andrew paid millions to settle a civil sex case with her in 2022, despite never having met her.

Ms Giuffre’s brother said he would welcome talks with the king “with open arms”.

Asked what he would say if he was approached by the palace about meeting the king, Sen Roberts told Sky News: “I welcome that conversation with an open heart.

“I would love the opportunity to tell my sister’s story at the palace, because it’s one thing to see someone on camera when you see them face-to-face, but when you see them face-to-face, we can really convey that emotion and really understand the story that not only she has, but for the many survivors that are there.

“If the king is saying that he stands with the survivors and their victims, then meet us, talk to us.

“We are real people with real stories who can affect real change and I think my sister did something phenomenal that says advocacy can affect change, advocacy can lead to justice, and it may take a long time, but I would welcome that conversation with King with open arms.

“I’ll be in London tomorrow.”

The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly “pushed” to strip Andrew of his royal titles over “clique break”.

according to daily MailThe pair wanted Andrew out of Windsor – leading him to move to the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

The Palace reportedly had to balance concerns over Andrew’s mental well-being and his legal and constitutional rights, as well as respecting the wishes of Queen Camilla and Wales to oust the disgraced royal.

It is believed that King Charles spoke to her personally on the phone to explain his decision.

According to reports, MPs are pressuring the government to take action to remove Andrew from the royal succession Wire,

Andrew has been stripped of his royal titles but still remains eighth in line to the throne – with one MP saying the public “will not tolerate it”.

A Labor minister also told the newspaper that he supported Andrew’s removal from succession “in principle”.

There are increasing demands for Andrew to provide evidence in the US about his links with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

In a statement on Friday, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, a California Democratic representative who serves on the House Oversight Committee, told Guardian: “Andrew should be called to testify before the Oversight Committee. The public has a right to know who was with Epstein abusing women and young girls.”

This comes after the statement of Britain’s Trade Minister Chris Bryant in which he said that Mountbatten Windsor should support the ongoing investigation in the US.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor may have lost his royal titles, but there are no plans to remove him from the line of succession.

The government said it “fully supports” the palace’s decision, but would not take steps to remove Andrew from eighth in line to the throne.

This process would require an Act of Parliament to formally remove them, which would be complex and would need to be agreed to by all Commonwealth realms, including Australia and Canada.