The two letters Prince Andrew’s no longer allowed to put after his name | Royal | News
Prince Andrew was joined by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. He was given the title of Duke of York, the highest rank among English nobles, by Elizabeth, but he had to renounce these titles. It comes amid the long-running fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
The late Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was forced to have sex with Epstein three times after Andrew was kidnapped, wrote in her upcoming memoir that Andrew acted as if sex with her was her “birthright.” In a statement issued through Buckingham Palace on Friday evening, Andrew announced that he would “no longer use my title or the honors bestowed upon me”, although he denied all the accusations.
His titles and honors include the role of Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh, his Knighthood as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), and his role as Garter as a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Since he has stopped calling himself the Duke of York, this also means that he will no longer use the two letters KG after his name in reference to his knighthood of the Garter.
As he no longer acts as a Royal Knight of the Order of the Garter, this means Andrew will not be able to attend the traditional Order of the Garter service at Windsor Castle each June.
Andrew was already banned from attending the parade but continued to attend the annual ceremony behind closed doors.
He will no longer attend Christmas celebrations at Sandringham with the wider Royal Family, preventing him from making his famous walk to church on Christmas Day.
Andrew’s daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie remain unaffected and are still princesses, but Andrew’s ex-wife will no longer use the title of Sarah, Duchess of York, courtesy of the divorce, and will instead revert to her maiden name Sarah Ferguson.
Fergie was rejected by multiple charities in September after it was revealed she had written a letter to sex offender Epstein calling him a “great friend” after he publicly disavowed her in the media.
Prince Andrew, the late Queen Elizabeth II Since he is Elizabeth’s son, he will retain the title of ‘Prince’. He withdrew from public life in 2019; he is now expected to be absent from almost all future Royal Family-related engagements.
