Andrew the brother of the British King loses title
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Buckingham Palace says Britain's King Charles is stripping his younger brother, Andrew of his ‘prince’ title, amid continuing controversy over his links to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. It means he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The British Royal family has faced growing scrutiny over Andrew's titles and living arrangements. Buckingham Palace described the action as necessary. But it noted that Andrew continues to deny allegations against him. Also in the programme: As President Trump says he's ordered new nuclear weapons tests - the body responsible for monitoring them says that would be 'harmful' and 'destabilising'- so what's behind his announcement? And 'killer sponges', and zombie worms discovered in the Southern Ocean. (Photo: Handout photo issued by the US Department of Justice (left-right) Prince Andrew, now to be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Virginia Giuffre the prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.8 | Hello and welcome to News Hour, live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm Rebecca Kesby. |
| 0:14.7 | And we begin this programme with breaking news coming from Buckingham Palace this evening |
| 0:20.4 | that Andrew, the brother of the British king, Charles III, |
| 0:24.6 | is to be formally stripped of all his royal titles |
| 0:27.8 | and his royal residence on the Windsor estate, |
| 0:31.1 | a 30-room mansion known as Royal Lodge. |
| 0:34.1 | Andrew will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, and will move to the |
| 0:39.7 | Royal Estate in Sandringham, Norfolk, but be privately funded by the King. We've voiced up the statement |
| 0:45.8 | released tonight by Buckingham Palace. His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove |
| 0:51.9 | the style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew. |
| 0:55.5 | Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor. |
| 0:59.6 | His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. |
| 1:05.4 | Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative |
| 1:09.6 | private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the lease and he will move to alternative private accommodation. |
| 1:11.7 | These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the |
| 1:16.2 | allegations against him. Their majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost |
| 1:20.8 | sympathies have been and will remain with the victims and survivors of any and all forms of |
| 1:26.1 | abuse. Well, this historic move tonight comes as controversy swirls over Andrew's links to the late |
| 1:33.9 | convicted sex offender, Geoffrey Epstein. The woman who first accused Andrew of sexual abuse was |
| 1:40.7 | Virginia Roberts Dufray. She took her own life earlier this year, having finished a |
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