Prince William "Certainly Has Had It" With Prince Andrew, but Can He Remove His Princely Title When He Is King? Rachel BurchfieldOctober 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM 1 Getty Prince Andrew and Prince William on September 16, 2025The Gist On October 17, Prince Andrew relinquished his longstanding title of Duke...
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Rachel BurchfieldOctober 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Prince Andrew and Prince William on September 16, 2025The Gist -
On October 17, Prince Andrew relinquished his longstanding title of Duke of York after 39 years.
The decision came after increased interest in his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Though he no longer retains his Duke of York title, Andrew has still kept his princely title. Could his nephew Prince William remove that when he is king?
As of October 17, the embattled Prince Andrew has lost his prestigious Duke of York title—a title he held for 39 years, since his 1986 wedding day. That said, he is still Prince Andrew, his princely title a reflection of his birthright. Could Prince William, Andrew's nephew, strip his uncle of that title, too, when he becomes king? Well, it's not as simple as William snapping his fingers.
The Prince of Wales "certainly has had it with his Uncle Andrew," royal biographer Christopher Andersen told Us Weekly, adding that it would "take an act of Parliament to formally strip Andrew of his princely title." (For those wondering, the same would go for William's brother, Prince Harry, who stepped back as a working royal in 2020 and whom William has been estranged from for years.)
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Prince William and Prince Andrew on April 7, 2017
Andersen admits that it "would be tricky" for William to remove Andrew's princely titles, and, even as frustrated as the brothers have been at one another for years, "I can't quite wrap my head around the idea of William taking such action against his own brother, no matter how upset he is with Harry," Andersen said.
On Friday, following continued damaging allegations against him, Andrew gave up his Duke of York title, a gift from his mother, Queen Elizabeth, when he married Sarah Ferguson on July 23, 1986. Ferguson, too, relinquished her Duchess of York title, which she had continued to use even after she and Andrew divorced in 1996. "In discussion with The King, and my immediate wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family," a statement from Andrew read. "I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life."
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Prince Andrew on April 20, 2025
"With His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further," the statement continued. "I will therefore no longer use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me."
"Prince William has been urging his father the King to do something about Andrew for years," Andersen said, and though Andrew may have given up his title, he still is able to live in Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion he lives in with Ferguson and is able to stay at until 2078, according to the lease he signed in 2003. That year was also the last time Andrew paid rent on the property, The Times reported—a full 23 years ago.
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Prince William and Prince Andrew on November 10, 2019
In the aftermath of Friday's decision, Ferguson quietly changed her social media handles from the X username SarahTheDuchess to sarahMFergie15. According to Hello!, any mentions of her ex-husband have been changed from the Duke of York to Prince Andrew.
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Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew at the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent on September 16, 2025
Even as accusations against Andrew continue to mount—particularly surrounding his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and accusations of sexual assault against Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year and whose book will be released posthumously on October 21—Ferguson "will always support her former husband's decisions and do anything for the King," a source told Hello!. "For her, this [relinquishing titles] will not make a big difference."
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