15 m. ago King Charles ‘considers stripping Prince Andrew of royal title’

Palace has reportedly reached a ‘tipping point’ with Duke of York over recent scandals

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16 m. ago King considers banishing Prince Andrew from Order of the Garter

Top-level discussions are under way at Buckingham Palace after the latest embarrassing scandals involving the Duke of York.

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26 m. ago King Charles 'considering stripping Prince Andrew of Duke of York title'

A royal source said King Charles is 'considering all options', including removing Prince Andrew's dukedom following a series of scandals that have raised concern and anxiety in the royal household

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2 h. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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6 h. ago Prince Andrew met ‘spymaster’ at heart of China spy scandal 'at least three times'

Disgraced Duke of York shook hands with Beijing official Cai Qi

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15 h. ago JAN MOIR: How can soiled Prince Andrew live with himself? And the troubling question: What role did he play in Virginia's death?

Can there be a sadder book than Virginia Giuffre 's autobiography, published posthumously after she committed suicide earlier this year at the age of 41?

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17 h. ago So who the hell's side are you on? Challenge to Starmer by 'victim' of China spy scandal

A huge political row broke out yesterday over evidence given by adviser Matthew Collins, who told prosecutors that Labour wanted to pursue a 'positive relationship' with Beijing.

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19 h. ago Revealed: How Prince Andrew and the 'spy chief' at the heart of China scandal met at least three times... as Starmer is rebuked by the MI5 boss over the collapsed case

The Duke of York became embroiled in the scandal engulfing the Government as pictures showed him grinning for the camera and shaking hands with the top Beijing official.

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23 h. ago The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family. In this form, it can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

‘The Firm’ as a modernising strategy was already falling apart, but with the shocking allegations so fully in the public domain, it has now collapsedThe royal family was always a disaster waiting to happen. Its creation as a marketable entity in the 1960s by the late Queen Elizabeth II was meant to “modernise” the monarchy for the 20th century. It worked, but only up to a point. Her son Prince Andrew has long been its biggest liability, this week in trouble yet again due to his alleged behaviour within that ghoulish circle, the friends of Jeffrey Epstein.King Charles now has a decision to make as to how far he can allow his brother’s past behaviour to tarnish the family’s image. That image is the essence of royalty. Monarchy has no other authentication. The constitutional position of head of state in a democracy is subject to the will of parliament, but also to the “will” of the people. It was the latter will that forced the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 over marrying a divorcee...

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23 h. ago The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family brand. In this form, it can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

‘The Firm’ as a modernising strategy was already falling apart, but with the shocking allegations so fully in the public domain, it has now collapsedThe royal family was always a disaster waiting to happen. Its creation as a marketable entity in the 1960s by the late Queen Elizabeth II was meant to “modernise” the monarchy for the 20th century. It worked, but only up to a point. Her son Prince Andrew has long been its biggest liability, this week in trouble yet again due to his alleged behaviour within that ghoulish circle, the friends of Jeffrey Epstein.King Charles now has a decision to make as to how far he can allow his brother’s past behaviour to tarnish the family’s image. That image is the essence of royalty. Monarchy has no other authentication. The constitutional position of head of state in a democracy is subject to the will of parliament, but also to the “will” of the people. It was the latter will that forced the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 over marrying a divorcee...

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25 h. ago Prince Andrew told Virginia Giuffre 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex, she claims in autobiography

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life six months ago, said she felt 'like Cinderella' when she was introduced to the Duke of York at Ghislaine Maxwell's London townhouse in March 2001.

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26 h. ago Princess Eugenie breaks tradition of annual birthday posts for her mother Sarah Ferguson as she fails to publicly celebrate Duchess's 66th amid Jeffrey Epstein scandal

The King's niece, 35, was silent on social media while the Duchess of York celebrated her 66th birthday amid the ongoing Epstein scandal engulfing her and the Prince Andrew.

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26 h. ago Prince Andrew allegedly told accuser 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex

Extracts have emerged from the posthumous memoir written by Virginia Giuffre, which is set to be released next week, which make a series of claims about Prince Andrew

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29 h. ago King Charles battling health crisis as Prince Andrew book 'plunges Crown into chaos'

Prince Andrew is set to be exposed in a new book by his accuser Virginia Giuffre.

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30 h. ago Virginia Giuffre: everything we know as devastating new memoir unveils fresh details of abuse and scandal

Virginia Giuffre's upcoming memoir details her experiences with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged interactions with Prince Andrew

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31 h. ago Prince Andrew told Virginia Giuffre 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex, she claims in  autobiography

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life six months ago, said she felt 'like Cinderella' when she was introduced to the Duke of York at Ghislaine Maxwell's London townhouse in March 2001.

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33 h. ago Virginia Giuffre: 'Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright'

Extracts from the book state Jeffrey Epstein praised her after having sex with Andrew by saying: ‘The prince had fun’

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33 h. ago Should Prince Andrew be stripped of his membership of the Order of the Garter? Have your say in the Palace Confidential poll

You've read the headlines and heard our experts' opinions - but what do YOU think?

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38 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer releases bombshell witness statements in China spy scandal

The Prime Minister released three witness statements from deputy national security adviser Matt Collins as he battles Tory "cover-up" claims

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40 h. ago 'Prince William won't want "Bad Uncle Andrew" living it up next to his forever home'

Prince William and Princess Kate, Prince and Princess of Wales, are due to move to a new "forever home" in Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, which is near Prince Andrew's house

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