Despite Buckingham Palace’s announcement that Prince Andrew will be stripped of his “prince” title, it has since emerged that the disgraced royal still technically remains eligible to inherit the British throne.

The 65-year-old’s princely status was officially removed by his brother, King Charles III, on Thursday (October 30) following renewed scrutiny over Andrew’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew had already lost several of his titles in 2022 — three years after Virginia Giuffre accused him of having sex with her on three separate occasions while she was a minor, after being trafficked by Epstein.

Although the Duke reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre in a U.S. civil case, he denied the allegations and stepped down as a working royal. At the time, he surrendered the use of his “HRH” style, along with his “Earl of Inverness” and “Baron Killyleagh” titles.

In the latest development, King Charles has now stripped Andrew of his “Duke of York” title and revoked his remaining princely status.

Giuffre, who detailed her alleged encounters with Andrew in a memoir published posthumously earlier this month, tragically took her own life earlier this year.

The Palace confirmed the move in a formal statement, noting that Andrew’s long-standing association with Epstein had “brought the Crown into disrepute.”