Prince Andrew has been told to “take himself off to live in private” following new allegations against him in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.
Giuffre’s harrowing autobiography, published on Tuesday, includes claims that the King’s brother considered it his “birth right” to sleep with her and that his team tried to hire “internet trolls” to harass her.
Shadow minister Robert Jenrick is one of a growing number of people calling for Andrew to step away from public life altogether.
He said: “He has disgraced himself, he has embarrassed the royal family time and again. I don’t see why the taxpayer, frankly, should continue to foot the bill at all. The public are sick of him.”
The fresh accusations have placed mounting pressure on Andrew - who denies any wrongdoing - to give up his 30-bedroom royal mansion, after it emerged he has paid a “peppercorn rent” on the property for more than 20 years.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has put forward a parliamentary motion to formally strip him of his dukedom after Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, told Sky News most of her constituents did not want the duke “to carry a title bearing the name of our city”.
Key Points
- Prince Andrew should 'leave public life for ever', Tory MP Jenrick says
- Four in five want Andrew formally stripped of dukedom
- All the major revelations in Virginia Giuffre's memoir
- Bill put forward to strip Andrew of dukedom
- Virginia Giuffre ‘would have viewed Prince Andrew giving up titles as a victory’
Four out of five Britons want Prince Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom
04:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarFour out of five Britons believe Prince Andrew should be formally stripped of his dukedom, according to a new poll.
It comes as calls intensify for the King’s brother to vacate his Royal Lodge residence.
The prince’s association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has recently resurfaced in headlines, with renewed attention on the allegations made by his sex accuser, Virginia Giuffre, which Andrew denies, following the release of her posthumous memoirs.
Senior Conservative MP Robert Jenrick commented that it was "about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private" as "the public are sick of him," particularly after it emerged Andrew has paid a "peppercorn rent" for his 30-room home for over two decades.
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80% of Britons want Prince Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom
Not many in Parliament would disagree with removing Andrew’s titles, says SNP MP
03:30 , Athena StavrouMany in Parliament would be unlikely to “disagree” with stripping Prince Andrew of his royal title, an SNP MP has said.
The SNP is putting forward a motion to pressure Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to strip Andrew of the title, which would require an Act of Parliament.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, the SNP’s Stephen Gethins said stripping Andrew of his title would be “a good thing to do”.
He said: “I think he needs to give them up the way you formally give them up I’m afraid as an Act of Parliament. I’m not sure there would be many people in Parliament who would disagree with that.
“This is a move that you can strip that away, if that gives some relief to the victims I think that is a good thing to do.”
Giuffre recalls moment infamous photo with Andrew was taken
02:30 , Athena StavrouIn her posthumous memoir, published today, Virginia Giuffre describes the moment the infamous picture of her with Prince Andrew was taken.
She says she posed with the prince the first time she met him, aged 17, at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house in London.
She recalled running to get her "Kodak FunSaver" camera and asking Epstein to take the photo.
She added: "My mum would never forgive me if I met someone as famous as Prince Andrew and didn't pose for a picture”.
Andrew rightly guessed Giuffre was under age
01:30 , Athena StavrouAndrew correctly guessed Virginia Giuffre’s age at 17 when they first met, she wrote in her memoir, Nobody’s Girl.
She said that in 2001 Ghislaine Maxwell, later a convicted sex trafficker, took her shopping for clothes to wear for the meeting in Maxwell's London flat.
At the meeting, Maxwell, who "was more coquettish than usual", asked the then-duke to guess Ms Giuffre's age, and Andrew, then 41, guessed correctly at 17, Ms Giuffre wrote.
She said she was paid $15,000 for "serving the man the tabloids called 'Randy Andy’".
Pressure mounts on Prince Andrew over his Windsor mansion
Wednesday 22 October 2025 00:23 , Athena StavrouPressure is mounting on Prince Andrew to give up his 30-bedroom mansion after it emerged he has paid a “peppercorn rent” on the property for more than 20 years.
Senior Tory Robert Jenrick said it was “about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private” as “the public are sick of him”.
Parliamentary committees could also look into the Crown Estate’s handling of Andrew’s Royal Lodge residence in Windsor.
A copy of the leasehold agreement, shared by the Crown Estate, shows Andrew signed a 75-year lease on the property in 2003.
It reveals he paid £1 million for the lease and that since then he has paid “one peppercorn” of rent “if demanded” per year.
Key claims from Virginia Giuffre's memoir
Tuesday 21 October 2025 23:24 , Athena StavrouSix months after her death, Virginia Giuffre’s memoir has uncovered new harrowing details experience being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein.
As the book is published on Tuesday here are some of the biggest revelations:
Describing the first time she met Andrew
Giuffre describes being taken shopping by Ghislaine Maxwell in London before the meeting. At her flat, they took a picture together before going out for dinner and to a nightclub.
She alleges she was told to “do for him what you do for Jeffrey” and then after they had sex, the prince said thank you “in his clipped British accent” afterwards”.
An orgy with Andrew on Epstein’s island
Giuffre alleges the third time she had sex with Prince Andrew was on Epstein’s Caribbean island of Little Saint James during an orgy with eight other young girls.
She wrote: “Epstein, Andy, and approximately eight other young girls, and I had sex together. The other girls all seemed and appeared to be under the age of 18, and didn’t really speak English.”
Giuffre ‘amazed’ Andrew was 'stupid enough' to meet Epstein in public after conviction
After Epstein had been released from prison for procuring a minor for prostitution, Giuffre wrote that she was shocked to see a photograph of Andrew with him in New York’s Central Park in 2011.
Andrew’s Newsnight interview was ‘jet fuel’ for her legal team
As Giuffre wrote she was considering filing a lawsuit against Andrew in 2019, she said she saw the royal had done a sit-down interview with Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight, on which he said he had “no recollection” of meeting Giuffre.
Giuffre wrote: “As devastating as this interview was for Prince Andrew, for my legal team it was like an injection of jet fuel. Its contents would.. help us build an ironclad case against the prince.”
Andrew ‘hid behind Balmoral’s gates’
In August 2021, Giuffre’s team launched a legal suit that alleged, she wrote, that “that Prince Andrew had raped and battered me when I was a minor, causing me severe and lasting damage”.
She wrote that when action was launched, papers could not be served on Andrew because of his “fleeing to Queen Elizabeth’s Balmoral Castle in Scotland and hiding behind its well-guarded gates”.
Opinion: It’s time Eugenie and Beatrice cut father out of their lives
Tuesday 21 October 2025 22:33 , Athena StavrouThere are plenty of people out there who know too well the shame and horror when a parent is accused of something monstrous. Yet few have experienced it under the same high-beam public scrutiny as princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. Theirs is a rare kind of living hell.
For their own sake – and certainly that of their young children – the royal princesses need to find some distance from their disgraced father, says Samuel Fishwick:
It’s time Eugenie and Beatrice cut Prince Andrew out of their lives
Watch: Prince Andrew should ‘leave public life forever’, says Jenrick
Tuesday 21 October 2025 21:44 , Athena StavrouGiuffre recalls first encounter with Prince Andrew in memoir
Tuesday 21 October 2025 21:00 , Athena StavrouVirginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir that Ghislaine Maxwell told her “just like Cinderella”, she was going to “meet a handsome prince” before introducing her to Prince Andrew, who said, “My daughters are just a little younger than you”.
She recalled that at a nightclub “he was sort of a bumbling dancer, and I remember he sweated profusely”.
Prince Andrew has denied all wrongdoing.
Giuffre alleged that afterward “he seemed in a rush to have intercourse” and “said thank you in his clipped British accent”.
Maxwell later told her, “You did well. The prince had fun.”
Giuffre described Andrew as “friendly enough, but still entitled”, saying Epstein paid her $15,000 for “servicing the man the tabloids called ‘Randy Andy’”.
Four in five want Andrew formally stripped of dukedom
Tuesday 21 October 2025 20:46 , Jane Dalton80% of Britons want Prince Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom
Full story: Prince Andrew has paid no rent on Royal Lodge for more than 20 years
Tuesday 21 October 2025 20:10 , Athena Stavrou
Prince Andrew shown to pay no rent as agreement for Royal Lodge released
Prince Andrew to be banned from all royal life when Prince William is King
Tuesday 21 October 2025 19:34 , Athena StavrouPrince Andrew will be barred from Prince William’s coronation, Christmas at Sandringham and all other elements of royal life when he is crowned King, The Sunday Times reported.
Andrew will be forbidden to attend public and private royal events and most state occasions. Sarah Ferguson, his ex-wife, will also be barred.
The Sunday Times reported that Buckingham Palace said that while Prince William was “consulted” on the decision for his uncle’s titles to be relinquished, he was not content with the outcome, and will take a more ruthless approach as King.
The Prince of Wales is said to consider Andrew a “threat” to the monarch’s reputation and is worried about how his attendance at royal events could appear to sexual assault victims.
Princess Beatrice and Eugenie will continue to be welcomed at events.
Virginia Giuffre would view Prince Andrew giving up Royal titles 'as a victory', says memoir co-author
Tuesday 21 October 2025 19:04 , Athena StavrouWhat is Andrew alleged to have asked his security to look into?
Tuesday 21 October 2025 18:30 , Athena StavrouThe report in the Mail on Sunday said Andrew had asked one of his personal protection officers to dig up information about Virginia Giuffre, citing an email sent by Andrew to Queen Elizabeth's deputy press secretary at the time.
Andrew said he had given police her date of birth and social security number, adding that he believed she had a criminal record in the United States, according to the email quoted by the Mail on Sunday.
Giuffre's family told the newspaper she did not have a criminal record.
There is no suggestion the officer complied, the Mail on Sunday said.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: "We are aware of media reporting and are actively looking into the claims made.”
Prince Andrew told to drop titles in 10 minute call with 'weary' King: report
Tuesday 21 October 2025 18:04 , Athena StavrouPrince Andrew was told to drop his titles in a 10-minute call with a ‘weary’ King Charles on Thursday, royal sources told The Mirror.
The monarch was said to have called the meeting after growing “weary and furious” over the mounting scandals.
He allegedly told Andrew that action was needed to stop it.
The official statement published on Friday said: “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family.”
We tried for next best thing to confession, Giuffre said
Tuesday 21 October 2025 17:44 , Athena StavrouVirginia Giuffre wrote in her autobiography how Andrew hid behind "the well-guarded gates" of Balmoral Castle, making it difficult for her lawyers to serve him with papers.
She also said of her legal settlement: "After casting doubt on my credibility for so long - Prince Andrew's team had even gone so far as to try to hire internet trolls to hassle me - the Duke of York owed me a meaningful apology as well."
Ms Giuffre added: "We would never get a confession, of course. That's what settlements are designed to avoid. But we were trying for the next best thing: a general acknowledgment of what I'd been through."
Andrew paid millions to Ms Giuffre to settle a civil sexual assault case in 2022, despite claiming never to have met her.
Comment: Prince Andrew is in danger of dragging the late Queen’s name down with him
Tuesday 21 October 2025 17:21 , Athena StavrouWhen it came to the former Duke of York, who was regarded as her favoured child, the Queen’s usual sound judgement appeared to desert her, says Alexander Larman – leading to existential damage to the royal family:
Prince Andrew is in danger of dragging the late Queen’s name down with him
Royal website changed to remove Duke of York references
Tuesday 21 October 2025 16:54 , Athena StavrouThree references to the Duke of York on the royal family’s website have been changed to read Prince Andrew instead.
A page about Andrew is no longer headed Duke of York, and the words “On 13 January 2022, Buckingham Palace announced that, with Queen Elizabeth II's approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and Royal patronages would be returned” has been altered to say Prince Andrew, not Duke of York.
Minister: Prince Andrew should give evidence to authorities
Tuesday 21 October 2025 16:27 , Athena StavrouPrince Andrew should give evidence to US authorities about the crimes of the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, a Cabinet minister has said.
Asked whether he though Andrew should give evidence, Business Secretary Peter Kyle told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “I do.
“I think anybody that has any information that could bring justice and information to victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes should be fully engaging with any of the authorities that are seeking to deliver that information and justice for the victims.”
He added: “Those victims must be first, and they must be central to how we discuss and debate any of these issues relating to the Jeffrey Epstein saga situation and the crimes he committed.
“So of course, anybody, anywhere that has information that can deliver that justice should be sharing it openly.
“I believe that Andrew, in the past, has said that he would co-operate, and I urge him to stick to his word on that.”
Will the SNP’s push to strip Prince Andrew’s titles stop the rot?
Tuesday 21 October 2025 16:03 , Athena StavrouWith his early day motion, Stephen Flynn tried to pressure the government to introduce legislation that would relieve the disgraced royal of his titles – but there’s a good reason why it won't work, says John Rentoul:
Will the SNP’s push to strip Prince Andrew’s titles stop the rot?
Why hasn't Andrew been formally stripped of his titles?
Tuesday 21 October 2025 15:49 , Athena StavrouPrince Andrew voluntarily relinquished use of his titles with agreement from the King, he said on Friday.
But he was not formally stripped of his titles, which would require an act of parliament. Rather, the titles are now not in use.
The avoids using up parliamentary time for debates on the matter.
But some MPs have backed a motion, put forward by the SNP, to do so anyway.
Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, told Sky News most of her constituents did not want the duke "to carry a title bearing the name of our city".
Watch: King has ‘acted decisively’ over Prince Andrew matters, says Cabinet minister
Tuesday 21 October 2025 15:24 , Athena StavrouAndrew 'should show contrition and return every penny'
Tuesday 21 October 2025 15:01 , Jane DaltonLiberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokeswoman Lisa Smart said Andrew "should show some contrition by returning every penny of rent that he's not paid while disgracing his office".
MPs on the Commons Treasury Committee and the Public Accounts Committee could look into the Crown Estate's handling of the lease on his Royal Lodge home in Windsor and his being charged only a peppercorn rent.
Dame Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Treasury Committee, told Today: "Where money flows, particularly where taxpayers' money is involved, or taxpayers' interests are involved, Parliament has a responsibility to have a light shine upon that, and we need to have answers."
Profits from the Crown Estate are handed to the Treasury.
Prince Andrew shown to pay no rent as agreement for Royal Lodge released
Pictured: Protest at Andrew's home
Tuesday 21 October 2025 14:39 , Jane DaltonActivists from the anti-monarchy group Republic protested at the gates to Royal Lodge where Prince Andrew lives.
Crown Estate would have to pay Andrew £558,000 if he quit home
Tuesday 21 October 2025 14:16 , Jane DaltonParliamentary committees could look into the Crown Estate's handling of Andrew's Royal Lodge residence in Windsor.
A copy of the leasehold agreement from the Crown Estate shows he signed a 75-year lease on the property in 2003.
The agreement contains a clause stating the Crown Estate would have to pay Andrew around £558,000 if he gave up the lease.
It reveals he paid £1m for the lease and that since then he has paid "one peppercorn" of rent "if demanded" per year.
Profits from the Crown Estate are handed to the Treasury for the nation's finances, raising concerns that the public could be deprived of funds from the property due to the peppercorn rent.
He was required to pay a further £7.5m for refurbishments completed in 2005, according to the National Audit Office.
All the major Prince Andrew revelations from Virginia Giuffre’s memoir
Tuesday 21 October 2025 13:59 , Athena Stavrou
All the major Prince Andrew revelations from Virginia Giuffre’s memoir
Watch: Prince Andrew should ‘leave public life for ever’, says Jenrick
Tuesday 21 October 2025 13:44 , Athena StavrouDebate on Andrew's titles 'matter for the Speaker', No 10 says
Tuesday 21 October 2025 13:25 , Athena StavrouNo 10 has declined to say whether the Government supports a proposal by the Scottish National Party to introduce legislation to remove Prince Andrew’s dukedom.
He said it is “obviously a matter for the Speaker” whether to allow debate on an early day motion put forward by the SNP to strip Andrew of the title, which would require an Act of Parliament.
The spokesman said: “Prince Andrew has already confirmed he will not use his titles. We support the judgement made by the royal family.
“In terms of our focus and thoughts, they are firmly with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, who suffered and continue to suffer because of the abuse they experienced at his hands.
“Those allegations are being looked at by the Met.”
The official also said it is up to the National Audit Office (NAO) whether to re-examine Prince Andrew’s lease arrangements for Royal Lodge.
Asked whether the public spending watchdog should look into the issue again, 20 years after its first review, the Prime Minister’s spokesman said: “That’s obviously a matter for the NAO.”
Downing Street declines to comment on calls to evict Andrew from royal lodge
Tuesday 21 October 2025 13:04 , Athena StavrouDowning Street declined to pass judgment on Prince Andrew’s continued residence at Royal Lodge, amid fury over taxpayers subsidising him living in the mansion despite revelations on his links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The Prime Minister’s spokesman refused to “get drawn into hypotheticals about living arrangements of members of the royal family” as he faced repeated questions from reporters.
Asked whether Andrew should leave Royal Lodge, the official said: “The lease was agreed with the Crown Estate, which is statutorily independent from Government, required to operate commercially.
“Terms of the lease required an initial one-off £1 million payment to the Crown Estate, as well as a requirement for Prince Andrew to pay for substantial upfront refurbishment work.
“The National Audit Office reviewed the lease arrangements for Royal Lodge in 2005. And in its report, which was published at that time, concluded that the Crown Estate does not have any special procedures when negotiating agreements with the royal family.
“An independent evaluation concluded that the transaction with Prince Andrew and Royal Lodge was appropriate.”
The spokesman evaded questions on whether Sir Keir Starmer is happy with the arrangement, and whether it should be reviewed in light of Andrew’s ties with Epstein, saying: “That is the situation as it exists.”
Giuffre ‘amazed’ Andrew was 'stupid enough' to meet Epstein in public after conviction
Tuesday 21 October 2025 12:47 , Athena StavrouVirginia Giuffre has said she was “amazed” that a member of the royal family would be “stupid enough” to appear in public with Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction.
Prince Andrew’s alleged victim described how she felt after seeing the picture published of the pair in New York in 2011.
“Seeing this new photo of Prince Andrew at Epstein’s side made ‘Randy Andy’ seem even more arrogant to me,” she wrote in her posthumous memoir.
Giuffre recalls moment infamous photo with Andrew was taken
Tuesday 21 October 2025 12:32 , Athena StavrouIn her posthumous memoir, published today, Virginia Giuffre describes the moment the infamous picture of her with Prince Andrew was taken.
She says she posed with the prince the first time she met him, aged 17, at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house in London.
She recalled running to get her "Kodak FunSaver" camera and asking Epstein to take the photo.
She added: "My mum would never forgive me if I met someone as famous as Prince Andrew and didn't pose for a picture”.
Who has supported the motion to strip Andrew of titles?
Tuesday 21 October 2025 12:11 , Athena StavrouThe SNP has put forward a motion to pressure Sir Keir Starmer’s government to formally strip Andrew of his title, which would require an Act of Parliament.
Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster leader, has submitted an early day motion (EDM) which allows MPs to express an opinion, publicise a cause or support a position. It is rare for them to be debated.
There are 14 signatures supporting the EDM, all from either SNP, Plaid Cymru or Green Party MPs.
Opinion: It’s time Eugenie and Beatrice cut father out of their lives
Tuesday 21 October 2025 12:03 , Athena StavrouThere are plenty of people out there who know too well the shame and horror when a parent is accused of something monstrous. Yet few have experienced it under the same high-beam public scrutiny as princesses Beatrice and Eugenie. Theirs is a rare kind of living hell.
For their own sake – and certainly that of their young children – the royal princesses need to find some distance from their disgraced father, says Samuel Fishwick:
It’s time Eugenie and Beatrice cut Prince Andrew out of their lives
Giuffre's brother calls on UK police watchdog to review Andrew claims
Tuesday 21 October 2025 11:37 , Athena StavrouThe brother of Virginia Giuffre have called on the police watchdog to review the decision by the Metropolitan Police not to continue its investigations into her allegations against Prince Andrew.
Giuffre’s family says she had been “gaslit” by the police and authorities in both the UK and US which was a “kick in the stomach” for her.
They have called for the Met Police to reopen their investigation into Ms Giuffre’s allegation that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was aged 17, an allegation he vehemently denies.
And they said that if the London force would not take action, they felt the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) should review the decision.
Watch: SNP leader lodges parliamentary motion to formally strip Prince Andrew of all his Royal titles
Tuesday 21 October 2025 11:09 , Athena StavrouKey claims from Virginia Giuffre's memoir
Tuesday 21 October 2025 10:56 , Athena StavrouSix months after her death, Virginia Giuffre’s memoir has uncovered new harrowing details experience being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein.
As the book is published on Tuesday here are some of the biggest revelations:
Describing the first time she met Andrew
Giuffre describes being taken shopping by Ghislaine Maxwell in London before the meeting. At her flat, they took a picture together before going out for dinner and to a nightclub.
She alleges she was told to “do for him what you do for Jeffrey” and then after they had sex, the prince said thank you “in his clipped British accent” afterwards”.
An orgy with Andrew on Epstein’s island
Giuffre alleges the third time she had sex with Prince Andrew was on Epstein’s Caribbean island of Little Saint James during an orgy with eight other young girls.
She wrote: “Epstein, Andy, and approximately eight other young girls, and I had sex together. The other girls all seemed and appeared to be under the age of 18, and didn’t really speak English.”
Giuffre ‘amazed’ Andrew was 'stupid enough' to meet Epstein in public after conviction
After Epstein had been released from prison for procuring a minor for prostitution, Giuffre wrote that she was shocked to see a photograph of Andrew with him in New York’s Central Park in 2011.
Andrew’s Newsnight interview was ‘jet fuel’ for her legal team
As Giuffre wrote she was considering filing a lawsuit against Andrew in 2019, she said she saw the royal had done a sit-down interview with Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight, on which he said he had “no recollection” of meeting Giuffre.
Giuffre wrote: “As devastating as this interview was for Prince Andrew, for my legal team it was like an injection of jet fuel. Its contents would.. help us build an ironclad case against the prince.”
Andrew ‘hid behind Balmoral’s gates’
In August 2021, Giuffre’s team launched a legal suit that alleged, she wrote, that “that Prince Andrew had raped and battered me when I was a minor, causing me severe and lasting damage”.
She wrote that when action was launched, papers could not be served on Andrew because of his “fleeing to Queen Elizabeth’s Balmoral Castle in Scotland and hiding behind its well-guarded gates”.
Lib Dems call on Prince Andrew to ‘return’ unpaid rent
Tuesday 21 October 2025 10:37 , Athena StavrouThe Independent’s political correspondent Caitlin Doherty reports:
The Liberal Democrats have said that Prince Andrew should return “every penny of rent that he's not paid while disgracing his office”.
The party’s cabinet office spokesperson Lisa Smart said on Tuesday that “the longer this whole sorry saga goes on, the more his presence in public life is an insult and increasingly an embarrassment”.
In a statement on Tuesday, she said: “Andrew has failed our King and Royal Family and betrayed the values of the British people.
"The longer this whole sorry saga goes on, the more his presence in public life is an insult and increasingly an embarrassment.
"He should show some contrition by returning every penny of rent that he's not paid while disgracing his office.”
Pressure mounts on Prince Andrew over his Windsor mansion
Tuesday 21 October 2025 10:24 , Athena StavrouPressure is mounting on Prince Andrew to give up his 30-bedroom mansion after it emerged he has paid a “peppercorn rent” on the property for more than 20 years.
Senior Tory Robert Jenrick said it was “about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private” as “the public are sick of him”.
Parliamentary committees could also look into the Crown Estate’s handling of Andrew’s Royal Lodge residence in Windsor.
A copy of the leasehold agreement, shared by the Crown Estate, shows Andrew signed a 75-year lease on the property in 2003.
It reveals he paid £1 million for the lease and that since then he has paid “one peppercorn” of rent “if demanded” per year.
Andrew rightly guessed Giuffre was under age
Tuesday 21 October 2025 10:15 , Athena StavrouAndrew correctly guessed Virginia Giuffre’s age at 17 when they first met, she wrote in her memoir, Nobody’s Girl.
She said that in 2001 Ghislaine Maxwell, later a convicted sex trafficker, took her shopping for clothes to wear for the meeting in Maxwell's London flat.
At the meeting, Maxwell, who "was more coquettish than usual", asked the then-duke to guess Ms Giuffre's age, and Andrew, then 41, guessed correctly at 17, Ms Giuffre wrote.
She said she was paid $15,000 for "serving the man the tabloids called 'Randy Andy’".
Early day motion launched to strip Andrew of titles - but what does it mean and will it work?
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:52 , Athena StavrouThe Independent’s political correspondent Caitlin Doherty reports:
The SNP have lodged an early-day motion calling for the “Government to take legislative steps to remove the dukedom granted to Prince Andrew”.
As of Tuesday morning, the motion has 13 supporters, all of whom are SNP or Plaid Cymru MPs.
Early day motions are submitted for debate in the Commons, but have no date fixed to them, and as a result very few end up being discussed in the House.
However, they are a way for MPs to put their views on a certain issue on record.
According to the parliament website, “by attracting the signatures of other MPs, they can be used to demonstrate the level of parliamentary support for a particular cause or point of view.”
Watch: Virginia Giuffre's brother cries as he says sister would be 'proud' of 'vindicating moment'
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:47 , Athena StavrouMinister: Prince Andrew should give evidence to authorities
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:39 , Athena StavrouPrince Andrew should give evidence to US authorities about the crimes of the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, a Cabinet minister has said.
Asked whether he though Andrew should give evidence, Business Secretary Peter Kyle told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “I do.
“I think anybody that has any information that could bring justice and information to victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes should be fully engaging with any of the authorities that are seeking to deliver that information and justice for the victims.”
He added: “Those victims must be first, and they must be central to how we discuss and debate any of these issues relating to the Jeffrey Epstein saga situation and the crimes he committed.
“So of course, anybody, anywhere that has information that can deliver that justice should be sharing it openly.
“I believe that Andrew, in the past, has said that he would co-operate, and I urge him to stick to his word on that.”
Prince Andrew should 'leave public life forever', Jenrick says
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:24 , Athena StavrouPrince Andrew should “leave public life forever” and receive no “subsidy from the taxpayer whatsoever”, Robert Jenrick has said.
The shadow justice secretary told the BBC: “He has to make his own decisions as to what he feels he should do, but I think that he has behaved disgracefully.
“He’s embarrassed the royal family time and again.
“He should really now leave public life forever, stop having any subsidy from the taxpayer whatsoever, and go and lead an entirely private life.
“The public are sick of Prince Andrew and the damage that he’s done to the reputation of our royal family and this country.”
Mr Jenrick added that Andrew should give evidence to US authorities “about what he knew and what his involvement was” in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
‘I don’t regret it’: Giuffre on 14 years of telling the world her story
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:13 , Athena StavrouConcluding her story in the final chapter of the book, Virginia Giuffre wrote that she had made her allegations against Epstein and Andrew public in the hope of preventing others’ suffering.
She wrote: “I don’t regret it, but the constant telling and retelling has been extremely painful and exhausting. With this book, I seek to free myself from my past.”
She said that money from her out-of-court settlement with Andrew, reported to be more than $12m, had gone toward developing her Reclaim (Soar) foundation to combat human trafficking.
“I look forward to disseminating some of the Crown’s money to do some good,” she wrote.
She dedicated her book to “my Survivor Sisters and to anyone who has suffered sexual abuse”.
Andrew paid a 'peppercorn rent' on royal mansion for 20 years
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:00 , Athena StavrouIt has emerged that Prince Andrew has paid a “peppercorn rent” on his 30-bedroom royal mansion for more than 20 years.
Fresh allegations against Andrew has raised many questions, including whether he should have the right to continue living at the Royal Lodge mansion in Windsor.
A copy of the leasehold agreement from the Crown Estate shows Andrew signed a 75-year lease on the property in 2003.
It reveals he paid £1 million for the lease and that since then he has paid “one peppercorn” of rent “if demanded” per year.
Co-author says Giuffre would have seen Andrew giving up titles as ‘victory’
Tuesday 21 October 2025 09:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarVirginia Giuffre’s co-author, Amy Wallace, told BBC Newsnight that Giuffre would have seen Prince Andrew giving up his titles “as a victory”.
In her posthumous memoir “Nobody’s Girl”, Giuffre details her alleged encounters with Andrew, saying she had sex with him on three occasions, including an “orgy” on Epstein’s island with about eight other young women.
Andrew has always denied the allegations.
“I can speak for Virginia; I know that she would view it as a victory that he was forced, by whatever means, to voluntarily give them up.”
She called it a “symbolic gesture” which has made “modern history in terms of the royal era”.
She said it was “a step in the right direction”.
She added: “Virginia wanted all the men who she had been trafficked to, against her will, to be held to account, and this is just one of the men.
“Even though he (Andrew) continues to deny it, his life is being eroded because of his past behaviour, as it should be,” she said.
Cabinet minister urges anyone with any information on Jeffrey Epstein to come forward
Tuesday 21 October 2025 08:44 , Athena StavrouThe Independent’s political correspondent Caitlin Doherty reports:
A Cabinet minister has urged anyone with any information on Jeffrey Epstein to come forward.
Business secretary Peter Kyle told Sky News: “Today is another milestone because we have the book being released by Virginia Giuffre. Again, the focus of all of the attention is where it should be and that is with the victims.”
He said that if there are “outstanding questions” from “those who suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein” then “anybody who has any information about it should be giving it freely so that we can give [...] justice to those people who suffered so egregiously at his hands.”
FBI should open an investigation into Prince Andrew’s actions, lawyer for Epstein’s victims says
Tuesday 21 October 2025 08:30 , Maroosha MuzaffarSpencer Kuvin, a lawyer for nine of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, said Prince Andrew could face a substantial prison term as he allegedly knowingly transferred, possessed, or used Virginia Giuffre’s Social Security number without consent.
He said it was a criminal offense according to US law.
The Prince may face a US criminal investigation for allegedly sharing Giuffre’s nine-digit Social Security number without her consent.
He was quoted as saying by The Telegraph: “Penalties for this crime are very severe and can be up to 15 years in prison.
“Given the information disclosed so far it appears that Andrew may have violated both of these acts. The FBI should immediately open an investigation into his actions and request that Andrew subject himself to an interview.
“Both the US and British authorities should not protect this awful individual. The world should hold Andrew accountable and show everyone that justice matters.”
Andrew denies all wrongdoing.
King has ‘acted decisively’ over Prince Andrew matters, Cabinet minister suggests
Tuesday 21 October 2025 08:10 , Rebecca WhittakerThe Independent’s political correspondent Caitlin Doherty reports:
The “King has acted pretty decisively” over matters regarding Prince Andrew, a Cabinet minister has suggested.
Business Secretary Peter Kyle told Sky News that the Prince’s lease on Royal Lodge in Windsor is “a matter for His Majesty the King”, after the tenancy agreement detailed that Andrew has not paid rent on the property for more than two decades.
Asked if he had any opinion on the matter, Mr Kyle told the broadcaster: “Those are matters for His Majesty the King.
The lease is with the Crown Estate and those are matters for the King. And I think we’ve seen in recent days, the King has acted pretty decisively when these things get on to his desk.”
Labour backs Buckingham Palace's decision to strip Andrew's titles, says minister
Tuesday 21 October 2025 08:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarVirginia Giuffre ‘would have viewed Prince Andrew giving up titles as a victory’
Tuesday 21 October 2025 07:55 , Rebecca WhittakerVirginia Giuffre would have viewed Prince Andrew relinquishing use of his Duke of York title as a victory, the co-author of her posthumous memoirs has said.
Co-writer of Nobody’s Girl, Amy Wallace, told BBC Newsnight that she could speak for Ms Giuffre on the subject of Andrew stopping using his titles.
“I know that she would view it as a victory that he was forced by whatever means to voluntarily give them up,” Ms Wallace said.
“For many, maybe particularly in the United States, but maybe even in the UK, it’s a symbolic gesture but it’s an important one.
“It’s made history, modern history, in terms of the royal era.
“I mean I’ve never heard of such a thing happening and it also is just a step in the right direction.
“Virginia wanted all the men who she’d been trafficked to against her will to be held to account and this is just one of the men but… even though he continues to deny it his life is being eroded because of his past behaviour as it should be.”
MP for York Central says constituents don't want the duke 'to carry a title bearing the name of our city'
Tuesday 21 October 2025 07:53 , Rebecca WhittakerThe independent MP for York Central, Rachael Maskell , has called for Prince Andrew to be stripped of his title.
She told Sky News that 88 per cent of her constituents don't want the duke "to carry a title bearing the name of our city".
Speaking on the Politics Hub, she confirmed she is advocating for a change in the law.
"My legislation would be able to be applied to anybody in the future as well, so we wouldn't have this situation ever having to occur again," Ms Maskell added.
Prince Andrew has paid no rent on Royal Lodge for more than 20 years
Tuesday 21 October 2025 07:30 , Maroosha MuzaffarPrince Andrew has not paid rent on his Royal Lodge for more than two decades, according to the tenancy agreement released by The Crown Estate.
The lease, which was sent to The Independent, follows calls for transparency over the royal's residence, with focus returning to Andrew’s 75-year lease of the 30-bedroom Royal Lodge in Windsor after another week of scandal.
The agreement states that Andrew paid £1 million for the lease along with at least £7.5 million for refurbishments in 2005. He has paid only “one peppercorn (if demanded)” in rent per year since 2003.
Andrew and his family are allowed to live in the property until 2078. The latest revelation will pile pressure on the scandal-mired royal to give up the Royal Lodge, which sits on an estate of 98 acres in Windsor Great Park and is leased from the Crown Estate.
The beleaguered royal announced on Friday he will no longer be known as the Duke of York, following continued accusations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Prince Andrew has paid no rent on Royal Lodge for more than 20 years
Giuffre recalls first encounter with Prince Andrew in memoir
Tuesday 21 October 2025 06:30 , Maroosha MuzaffarVirginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir that Ghislaine Maxwell told her “just like Cinderella”, she was going to “meet a handsome prince” before introducing her to Prince Andrew, who said, “My daughters are just a little younger than you”.
She recalled that at a nightclub “he was sort of a bumbling dancer, and I remember he sweated profusely”.
Prince Andrew has denied all wrongdoing.
Giuffre alleged that afterward “he seemed in a rush to have intercourse” and “said thank you in his clipped British accent”.
Maxwell later told her, “You did well. The prince had fun.”
Giuffre described Andrew as “friendly enough, but still entitled”, saying Epstein paid her $15,000 for “servicing the man the tabloids called ‘Randy Andy’”.
SNP puts forward Bill to strip Andrew of dukedom
Tuesday 21 October 2025 04:30 , Jane DaltonLegislation to remove Prince Andrew's dukedom must be put forward without "any further excuses and any further delay", the Scottish National Party says.
The SNP is putting forward a motion to pressure Sir Keir Starmer's government to strip Andrew of the title, which would require an Act of Parliament.
Stephen Flynn, the SNP's Westminster leader, said that "power and privilege" had protected those in the Epstein scandal for far too long and that the legislation to remove the title must be brought forward.
Mr Flynn has submitted an early day motion (EDM) that allows MPs to express an opinion, publicise a cause or support a position. It is rare for them to be debated.
Andrew relinquished his Duke of York title last week but officially continues to hold his dukedom.
Last month the SNP lodged a similar motion to pressure the government to remove Lord Peter Mandelson's peerage. The former UK ambassador to the US was sacked because of his own ties with paedophile financier Epstein.
The SNP's proposed Bill would remove both Prince Andrew's dukedom and Lord Mandelson's peerage.
Prince Andrew tried to hire internet trolls to harass me, Giuffre writes in her memoir
Tuesday 21 October 2025 04:01 , Maroosha MuzaffarVirginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir “Nobody’s Girl” accuses Prince Andrew’s team of trying to hire internet trolls to harass her and of hiding at Balmoral Castle to avoid being served court papers before their 2022 settlement.
She says the deal, reportedly worth $12m – brought her not just money but an acknowledgment of her suffering and a pledge that Andrew would not malign her again.
“After casting doubt on my credibility for so long – Prince Andrew’s team had even gone so far as to try to hire internet trolls to hassle me – the Duke of York owed me a meaningful apology as well,” she wrote in her memoir.
“We would never get a confession, of course. That’s what settlements are designed to avoid. But we were trying for the next best thing: a general acknowledgment of what I’d been through.”
Prince Andrew has strongly denied any wrongdoing.
Law stripped royal descendants of titles in 1919
Tuesday 21 October 2025 01:10 , Jane DaltonLegislation has been used before to strip titles, including descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who supported the German side in the First World War.
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 was used two years later to strip the titles from Leopold Charles, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh; Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; and Henry, Viscount Taaffe of Corren and Baron of Ballymote.
The law remains in force but as it refers specifically to the First World War, its provisions are unlikely to be relevant today.
The government has indicated that it would not introduce any legislation to strip Andrew of his titles unless the King wanted to.
