Andrew loses his title – hope he is ashamed
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King Charles is stripping his brother of both his princely titel and royal status. From now on, the scandalous prince will go by the name Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
It is a surname that was constructed by Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, and it is intended to be used by royals who are far from the throne and who lack prince or princess titles.
There is probably no distance that is far enough from the throne in Andrew's case. He is accused of rape, he has had a close friendship with a pedophile and he is said to have been good friends with an arms smuggler. He is also said to have had connections to a Chinese spy in Britain.
He has also been caught lying in a controversial interview with the BBC in 2019 in which he tried to clear his name. The lies and the fact that he defended his friendship with Epstein became his first major fall from the royal pedestal.
His mother, Queen Elizabeth, banned him from representing the royal family and the United Kingdom.
In 2022, the next major fall came. The prince settled with Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of rape. She claimed that she was forced to have sex with him on three occasions when she was 17 years old.
Prince Andrew, or if it was his mother, paid several million to Giuffre so that the prince would avoid trial.
From that day on, Andrew was no longer allowed to use the title of His Royal Highness and he was forced to renounce all his royal patronages to various organizations.
The shame was total for Andrew, who is describid by many as pompous, proud and with a von oben attitude. He believes that he is entitled to everything that life has to offer. Whether it is about women, money or power.
The nail in the coffin was the previously secret documents about Epstein that were published by the US Congressional Oversight Committee. Andrew appears there several times. Virginia Giuffre's memoirs, which were published posthumously the other week, revealed extremely embarrassing and terrible details about the prince.
In the aftermath, Andrew renounced his princely title and dukely title. But that meant in practice that he kept them, it was just that he did not use them.
That was not enough for the British. All the accusations and revelations have led to the very unique and spectacular decision that King Charles is now taking. The titles are to be removed.
It is not a coincidence. Since royals today have no political power, they must rely on the support and trust of the people. That is the only currency they can trade with.
King Charles does not want to be the king who lost the love of the British people and ruined the monarchy because of a shameless, possibly criminal, younger brother.
He also does not want his son, Prince William, to be forced to tackle the scandal as his first act as new regent when that day comes.
In this royal soup we have the classic tabloid ingredients: sex, lies and crime. Also tragic death. Virginia Giuffre took her own life earlier this year. According to her relatives, because of the many sexual crimes she was subjected to.
In the royal press release, it is clear that they stand on the side of the victims.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will now forever be written in the history books as the first prince to lose his titles and status.
May he be ashamed.
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