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Prince Andrew to remain a prince after giving up titles
BBC ^ | 17 Oct | BBC

Posted on 10/17/2025 11:30:35 AM PDT by RandFan

Prince Andrew is to give up his titles, including the Duke of York, he has announced in a personal statement.

He has been under increasing pressure for his links with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with calls for the Palace to take action against him.

That now seems to have resulted in the prince deciding to voluntarily hand back his titles and to give up membership of the Order of the Garter.

Prince Andrew has faced a series of scandals, including a court case he settled with Virginia Giuffre, questions about his finances and his involvement with an alleged Chinese spy.

He will remain a prince - but will cease to be the Duke of York, a title received from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: andrew; dukeofyork; dumbingdownfr; epsteinobsessed; princeandrew
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Oh look at the main news from the BBC it's that guy we're all obsessed with: Epstein!
1 posted on 10/17/2025 11:30:35 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Hm, interesting. I’m sure it was ‘voluntary’.


2 posted on 10/17/2025 11:32:15 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: RandFan

Well then, a name change.


3 posted on 10/17/2025 11:32:52 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: RandFan

The Prince formerly known as Prince.


4 posted on 10/17/2025 11:32:58 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

he still kept one title “pedophile”.


5 posted on 10/17/2025 11:35:11 AM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: RandFan

In what scenario could even “Prince” be removed?


6 posted on 10/17/2025 11:35:40 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: dfwgator

The Prince formerly known as Prince.


LOL

A Love Bizarre

That’s what we are, we all want a love bizarre
That’s what we are, we all want a love bizarre


7 posted on 10/17/2025 11:36:51 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: RandFan

His daughters Eugenie and Beatrice will retain their titles.

But his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, will not.


8 posted on 10/17/2025 11:37:15 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: RandFan

The Queen left him with those titles. Charles is wrong on this one.


9 posted on 10/17/2025 11:38:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

None....it is his birthright.


10 posted on 10/17/2025 11:39:18 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

That’s a birth right.


11 posted on 10/17/2025 11:48:32 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: RandFan

Has Charles offered him housing in London yet; there is a tower there that has accommodated royals before.


12 posted on 10/17/2025 11:52:07 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: RandFan

B.F.D.


13 posted on 10/17/2025 12:06:10 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (I never left the Democratic Party. It left me, and every time I look it keeps going further left.)
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birthright

K. That’s what figured, and among the main reasons why 1776 happened for USA.

14 posted on 10/17/2025 12:06:36 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: PAR35

Chaz is too busy on his prayer rug.


15 posted on 10/17/2025 12:11:01 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: RandFan

But Trump assured us that it was a hoax. Why would Andrew give up his title for a hoax?


16 posted on 10/17/2025 12:14:01 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: RandFan

Royal is as royal does, my granny would say.


17 posted on 10/17/2025 12:14:35 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: thegagline

“But Trump assured us that it was a hoax. Why would Andrew give up his title for a hoax?”

Wow, way to smear and confuddle with a lie.

Donald Trump never once called the accusations against Prince Andrew (primarily from Virginia Giuffre alleging sexual abuse facilitated by Jeffrey Epstein) a “hoax.”

What is said was a “hoax” was the claim that he and Epstein were ever more than friendly acquaintances, which ended in 2004, due to Epstein poaching an employee and resulting in Epstein being banned from Mar-a-lago for life.


18 posted on 10/17/2025 12:53:50 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Sacajaweau
The Queen left him with those titles. Charles is wrong on this one.

What monarch can do, the next can undo.
19 posted on 10/17/2025 12:54:11 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The stripped a guy of the King title. I am pretty sure the Prince title would be a piece of cake.


20 posted on 10/17/2025 1:01:40 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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