‘The nuclear option’: How the world’s media reacted to King Charles stripping Andrew of his titles
In a historic move, King Charles announced that he would strip Prince Andrew of all his remaining titles and expel him from the Royal Lodge.
Buckingham Palace said Andrew was given notice to leave the 30-room mansion on Thursday and that he would in future be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, effectively living as a commoner.
It comes after weeks of intense pressure as the King’s brother’s links to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein continue to embarrass the monarchy.
Although Andrew has denied all of Epstein’s accusations, he is understood to believe there were “serious errors of judgment” on the part of Buckingham Palace.
Live audience on BBC Question Time There was applause when they were told the news on Thursday evening, and many around the world had similarly strong reactions.
The reaction of the world media to this news is as follows:
Andrew believed the worst was over… The king had other ideas
Newspapers in Australia are following Andrew-Epstein’s story closely. The King is still Australia’s head of state, and Andrew’s accuser, Virginia Giuffre, has lived most of her life in that country.
The King’s announcement on Thursday was the main story on many news sites; Australian And Sydney Morning Herald.
Analysis Sydney Morning Herald He underlines that Andrew’s attempt to draw a line at the accusations by renouncing his title as Duke of York is not enough. He says Charles “never had any doubt” that “more needed to be done” to protect the royal family.
Australian He said the royal family “chose the nuclear option” but criticized the palace in his analysis, saying: “Buckingham Palace has so far been issuing mostly symbolic punishments against Andrew. This demotion is on an unprecedented scale for the House of Windsor.”
Numerous newspapers and broadcasters in the US covered the story.
CNN called the move “extraordinary” but asked whether the King’s decision was “too little too late.”
Describing it as a “great humiliation” for Andrew, the broadcaster described how he will now be “banished into the countryside to live in darkness”.
It was stated that the news “reinforced the deepest division in the British royal family in decades.”
“The question now is: Have King Charles and the British establishment done enough to prevent Andrew’s relationship with Epstein from engulfing the monarchy?”
Royal formerly known as prince
New York Post He described Andrew as “disgraceful” and highlighted the palace’s reference to victims and victims of abuse in his statements.
The statement says the King and Queen “are victims and survivors of all forms of abuse and remain with them.”
Washington Post He said the King “took decisive action against his brother” on the grounds that the palace “deemed it necessary”.
The statement said that this move “underlines the king’s determination to preserve the dignity of the monarchy, even at the cost of permanently depriving his younger brother of the titles and privileges he has enjoyed since birth.”
It was stated that the dismissal represented “the strongest royal intervention in a scandal that has plagued the family for years”.
The prince is no more
german paper Der Spiegel He also led the story by saying that “King Charles has had enough” and “officially holds his brother responsible.”
“This is primarily due to a brave woman, Virginia Giuffre,” the newspaper said; “over and over again, he achieved things that would otherwise be swept under the carpet,” wrote his posthumous memoir.
The newspaper wrote: “Giuffre fought bravely and persistently to transform the darkest chapters of her young life into brighter chapters.”
French newspaper elsewhere in Europe Le Monde He said it was “almost unprecedented for a British prince or princess to be stripped of this title.”
“The last time it happened was in 1919, when Prince Ernest Augustus, the British royal and also the prince of Hanover, had his British title removed because he sided with Germany during the First World War.”
How did The Independent report the news?
Independent He broke the story on the front cover of Friday’s issue, citing the King’s “bombshell decree” and writing that Andrew was “paying the price” for his connection to Epstein.
