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The new statesman.

After years of scandal, Prince Andrew has finally given up his title. No more Duke of York. But why now? And what will it mean for the royal family? I'm Anoush Shikelian and this is the New Statesman podcast. I'm joined today by Will Lloyd and Rachel Cunliff. Hello. Hi.

Andrew had already stepped down as a working royal after that disastrous news night interview in 2019,

but he's now gone a step further and agreed to relinquish the title or the honours which have been conferred upon him.

So why is this happening now?

I mean, we can discuss the emerging allegations in Virginia Jafray's posthumous memoir.

But Rachel, you know, I mean, was this always going to happen?

Was this always in the running?

So I think everyone in the royal family and sort of in politics knew that when this memoir came out,

there was going to be some pretty explosive stuff about

Andrew because this is the vehicle, I guess, in which Virginia Jafray can go into detail and really

tell her side of the story. We've had like bits of it over the years. We've had the lawsuits.

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