The former prince will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, effectively having the status of a commoner
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor told disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein it would be “good to catch up in person” after the paedophile was released from prison for prostituting minors, an email from 2010 has revealed.
The email chain shows Epstein suggested the then-prince should meet American banker Jes Staley and Andrew responded saying he would try to “drop by” New York later in the year.
The two were later pictured together in Central Park in New York in December 2010 in a meeting Andrew claimed in his 2019 Newsnight interview was to break off their friendship.
It comes as calls mount for Andrew to answer questions in the US over his ties to Epstein. Multiple members of a US congressional committee investigating the financier’s crimes have made fresh appeals for the disgraced royal to come forward.
On Thursday, the King took the dramatic decision to officially remove Andrew’s Prince and Duke of York titles and HRH style. He will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, effectively having the status of a commoner.
It comes after Virginia Giuffre’s devastating posthumous memoir was published, detailing fresh accusations about his ties with Epstein. Andrew denies the accusations.
He will now move to a property on the Sandringham Estate, which will be privately funded by the King.
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