Shamed Andrew is formally stripped of his last remaining royal titles as his eviction from the Royal Lodge in Windsor is delayed until early next year.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has today been officially stripped of his last royal titles by his brother - making him a commoner.
The former Duke of York had his membership of the Order of the Garter formally cancelled by King Charles III at Midday on Monday.
It is the oldest British Order of Chivalry, founded by King Edward III in 1348. Andrew's coat of arms has already been removed from St George’s Chapel, Windsor, where his parents, the Queen and Prince Philip, are buried.
Andrew’s Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victoria Order has also been annulled today in an official announcement in The Gazette, the UK's official public record.
It came as the Daily Mail revealed the disgraced royal will have one last Christmas at his Royal Lodge home at Windsor. It means the former Duke of York will not be moving to Sandringham, and into permanent royal exile, until well into the New Year.
The official cull of Andrew's last remaining royal titles was confirmed in The Gazette, in the name of the monarch, who had to send Royal warrants to the Government to officially and legally remove them.
The official notice reads: 'THE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated 23 April 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.
The former Prince Andrew is still a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy, but defence chiefs have been told to 'get on with it' and take that final military title as soon as possible. It is the Government's job - not the King's - to remove Andrew's vice-admiral title.
In October he was stripped of all his Royal titles, including the title 'prince', after a leaked email published by the Mail on Sunday proved that he lied in his interview with BBC's Newsnight when he claimed he 'never had any contact' with Epstein after the pair were famously pictured together in New York in December 2010.
Today's announcement is formal confirmation of the decision taken by King Charles and Prince William in late October to strip him of his royal titles.
Yesterday it emerged that Andrew reportedly told a young actress who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein that another woman had complained of the financier's 'inappropriate' behaviour – a year before the former prince is alleged to have had sex with Virginia Giuffre.
In a bombshell statement to The Mail on Sunday, it was claimed that Andrew introduced a glamorous actress he was dating in the late 1990s to Epstein during a visit to Windsor Castle – and that the vile US billionaire went on to sexually assault her.
The MoS understands that the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, received a financial payout in June as one of Epstein's victims. Perry Wander, a high-profile US lawyer, claims that the woman confided in Andrew 25 years ago that Epstein had behaved 'inappropriately towards her'.
It is alleged that Andrew replied that 'he wasn't surprised' because someone else had made a similar allegation, although the identity of that person is unknown.
The woman's alleged warning to Andrew about Epstein came more than a year before the billionaire financier trafficked 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre to London to meet the then Duke of York.
Ms Giuffre, who took her own life earlier this year, claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three separate occasions – allegations the former prince has repeatedly and strenuously denied.
The latest allegations – the first time Andrew has been accused of introducing a woman to Epstein – will send shockwaves through the Royal Family.
And it will fuel calls for Andrew, who has already been stripped of all his Royal titles, to give evidence to the US Congress about his friendship with the sex offender Epstein.
Mr Wander, an entertainment lawyer based in Beverly Hills whose clients have included Lindsay Lohan and Warren Beatty, told the MoS that the woman had agreed to come forward after being inspired by Ms Giuffre's 'courage'.
'She was inspired... by her desire to stand with other survivors, and by the profound impact of Virginia Giuffre's passing, which served as a catalyst for her to speak publicly.'
Andrew is said to have grown close to the woman after meeting in 1999. The couple enjoyed several dates, including lunch at Buckingham Palace.
Attractive and described by friends as fun-loving, the woman was attempting to forge a career in film and TV. In contrast, Andrew, then 39, a commander in the Royal Navy, was coming to the end of his military career.
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