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Topics: Royal Family, Prince Andrew, UK News, King Charles III
Olivia Burke
Topics: Royal Family, Prince Andrew, UK News, King Charles III
After being stripped of both his home and his honours, Andrew Mountbatten has got a lot 'to learn', according to this royal expert.
On Thursday (30 October), Buckingham Palace made the bombshell announcement that the 'formal process' had been initiated to evict him from the Royal Lodge and remove his titles.
It means that he can no longer be referred to as Prince, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killyleagh, or His Royal Highness.
A statement explained that King Charles III got the ball rolling earlier this week, and the move comes following mounting pressure to take action amid Andrew's scandalous friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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A host of new shocking claims have surfaced about the former prince following the posthumous publication of Virginia Giuffre's autobiography, Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice.
Giuffre, who alleged she was sex trafficked by Epstein and had sex with Andrew on three occasions, died by suicide in April this year at the age of 41.
Her book included the disturbing alleged account of her first meeting with the disgraced royal, among other shocking claims. Andrew has continued to deny all the allegations against him.
The father-of-two has now lost his honours and the roof over his head, which he didn't pay rent for in 22 years, weeks after voluntarily giving up his royal titles.
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According to Jennie Bond, a former royal correspondent for the BBC, the latest developments will likely see Andrew become 'even more of a hermit'.
"And that's saying something," she told the Mirror. "The Sandringham estate is vast, some 20,000 acres with about 150 properties, including villages and hamlets.
"So I suppose Andrew could be part of a new community, although it seems rather doubtful that many communities would welcome him in their midst."
Bond, 75, said that King Charles had extended a 'modicum of mercy' to his sibling by reportedly allowing him to live on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk after showing him the door at the Royal Lodge.
Either way, she believes that Andrew will have a rude awakening now that he's somewhat out on his own.
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"Whether he will have any staff remains to be seen," Bond continued. "Can he cook for himself? Has he ever had to sort out the shopping or do the cleaning? The answer is probably no. Perhaps he will now have to learn."
She claimed that Andrew will 'be more isolated than ever' if his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, finds somewhere else to live. But according to Bond, King Charles had no choice but to take drastic measures, as she described the scandal surrounding Andrew as the 'biggest Royal crisis since the Abdication'.
King Edward VIII rocked the royal family in December 1936 when he renounced the throne to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson, leading his brother and Queen Elizabeth II's father, King George VI, to take over as King.
Bond suggested that this was at least for 'love, a noble cause, you could argue', adding: "Andrew has been stripped of his titles, booted out of his home and publicly humiliated because he has become caught up in a sordid scandal of sex trafficking and child abuse - even though he has consistently denied all the allegations.
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"Andrew has sullied the family name, which is now the only name he has, and the poison was seeping into the monarchy’s reputation at home and abroad.
"The King has acted to protect the monarchy and to show undiluted support for the victims of abuse."
LADbible has contacted Andrew's representatives for comment.