Andrew is stripped of his Prince title and his home: King's shamed brother will be Mr Mountbatten Windsor and has his lease on Royal Lodge revoked - monarch says 'these censures are deemed necessary' amid Epstein scandal.
Andrew will no longer be known as a prince and is to leave Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
In a bombshell statement released tonight, Buckingham Palace said he will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - with immediate effect.
It comes as the palace said the 'censures are deemed necessary' amid the ongoing scandal over Jeffrey Epstein, whom Andrew lied about cutting ties with.
'His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew,' the statement said.
'Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence.
'Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation.
'These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.
'Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse.'
In the wake of the announcement, a number of cars have also been seen going through the gate to Windsor's Great Park on Bishopsgate Road, near to Royal Lodge.
It is understood the King Charles III is in the process of sending royal warrants to the Lord Chancellor to remove his brother's titles and honours. Andrew is said to have not objected.
Although the former duke has been stripped of all his remaining titles those of his daughters, Princess Beatrice, 37, and Princess Eugenie, 35, will remain.
Amid the controversy it was previously understood that His Majesty Charles was very keen to 'protect' his nieces who remain Her Royal Highnesses as granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth.
'He wouldn't have wanted to sign off on anything that would impact them,' a source told the Daily Mail.
It is understood Prince William and the Royal Family fully support the King's leadership on the recent move.
Andrew's recent departure from the Royal Lodge, where he paid 'peppercorn rent' over 20 years', comes amid an ongoing row over the residence since his dukedom title was stripped earlier this month.
However as of today, it is understood Andrew has been served notice to surrender the lease at the 30-bedroom mansion and will move out of the residence as soon as practically possible.
The younger brother of the King will be moved to a property on the Sandringham estate but the specifics regarding the relocation are unknown.
Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will make her own living arrangements after moving out of the royal grounds of Windsor Castle.
The move was entirely down to the King and his advisers, without pressure from the government or other family members, such as Prince William, sources told the Daily Mail.
'The process has been under way for some while but there was a need to get it right in the face of some very big challenges,' an insider said.
Notice was not served on Prince Andrew to move. It was his lease, so it was up to the former Duke of York to serve notice himself, suggesting that he is not fighting the process.
The former duke has lived at the Grade II-listed mansion on the grounds of Windsor Castle for over two decades with Fergie, despite their divorce in 1996.
It comes as His Majesty had made it clear he would not hesitate to take 'further action' if his younger brother continued to cling on to his dukedom and other honours after he lied about cutting ties with paedophile financier Epstein, the Daily Mail previously revealed.
And despite the tsunami of growing evidence mounting against him, the 65-year-old was understood to still be 'digging his heels in' with a 'startling lack of contrition', in a situation the King deemed 'intolerable', sources previously said.
Last week, the row over the Royal Lodge continued to grow amid damning revelations in a posthumous memoir from Andrew's sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre, who took her own life this year, aged 41.
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice was released in this month, with the manuscript having been completed before she died.
The explosive book revolves around her years spent as a sex slave to Epstein and his British madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
Extracts published by The Guardian show Ms Giuffre, who said she was trafficked by Epstein three times for sex with Andrew, called the ex-duke 'entitled' and viewing sex as his 'birthright'.
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