Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
The Monarchy should be abolished. And the House of Lords while your at it.
Am I not understanding things? I thought the monarchy had no governmental power.
Legally, not much. In reality, they have significant influence. For example: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-queen-lobbied-for-change-in-law-to-hide-her-private-wealth
A large part of what you see in the media has already been wheeled and dealed.
They're still a bunch of leeches that think they've been personally selected by god.
They apparently have the authority to fire all of Australia's parliament. -If I understand correctly, Australia has also not had another government shutdown since, either.
The crown still plays a role in Canadian politics unfortunately.
They still get paid lots of public money and the monarch has no legal obligation to pay tax
Prince Andrew will remain a prince, but will cease to be the Duke of York - a title received from his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth - as well as giving up membership of the Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior order of chivalry in Britain.
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Sarah Ferguson, his former wife, will no longer be known as the Duchess of York, but their daughters - Beatrice and Eugenie - will continue to have the title of princess.
How quaint.
Anything to do with the royals always just sounds like children playing in a treehouse.
What the fuck is Order of the Garter? Sounds worse than Epstein's pedophilia island.
Wikipedia:
The order's emblem is a garter circlet with the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (Anglo-Norman for "Shame on him who thinks evil of it") in gold script. Members of the order wear it on ceremonial occasions.
Carrying on the idea of the undergarment "garter", this is fucking hilarious.
Further from Wikipedia:
Various legends account for the origin of the Order. The most popular involves the "Countess of Salisbury", whose garter is said to have slipped from her leg while she was dancing at a court ball at Calais. When the surrounding courtiers sniggered, the King picked it up and returned it to her, exclaiming, "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ("Shame on him who thinks ill of it"), which phrase has become the Order's motto. However, the earliest written version of this story dates from the 1460s, and it seems to have been conceived as a retrospective explanation for the adoption of what was then seen as an item of female underclothing as the symbol of a band of knights. In fact, at the time of the Order's establishment in the mid-14th century, garters were predominantly an item of male attire.
I guess it is actually the undergarment. What a world.
Is he still reciving money for literally no reason then or does that go away with the titles?
Also, can we now call him the child rapist formally know as Prince Andrew? Or is he still a Prince?
He needs a symbol, like TAFKAP (The Artist Formerly Known as Prince), but I fear the symbol would be something no one should see.
Don't get too excited: the titles have NOT actually been stripped, he has simply "agreed not to use them."
From further down the page:
For context: Prince Andrew's statement earlier said he had taken the decision, with the King's agreement, to no longer use his titles. Stripping him of his titles would require an act of Parliament - a legal mechanism last used following the First World War.
and further down still:
As a reminder, Prince Andrew has voluntarily decided to stop using his titles. He will remain a prince as it is a title from his birth, as the son of the monarch, with the titles he has since lost only given to him later in life
The nonce formerly known as Duke of York also remains eighth in line to the throne.
According to Jim Jeffries there's another term for nonce in former British colonies. Rock spider. Named so for their penchant to get into small holes.
Go to fucking prison, you fucking rapist.
He gets to keep one: Prince Peadophile.
He should just give up his life. That’s what needs to happen.
Not before he gives up his secrets
To me, rotting in a cell sounds like a better use of his time.
Giving up a made up title equals avoiding justice and jail time for paedophilia.
Then, the royal family i equals a criminal organisation.
Perfect timing.. just read this pretty rough article myself yesterday:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-abuse-epstein-maxwell
This just makes me so sad. Imagine your abusers staying in power and being the most influential persons in the world. Just makes me wanna burn it all.
LOL, "work"? What work?
Was there some celebrating in York?
I'm suspicious. The Royal Family wouldn't do something like this as a first choice so I think some evidence surfaced or something is on the way that prompted this as a response.
Can it be related to Epstein? I hope so. Trump needs to eat this crow.
Yeah that was my first thought.
The royal family's PR team would have been strategising this since forever.
I expect they've been monitoring the Epstein situation, as the likelihood of a release increases they're looking to distance themselves from this turd.
Virginia Giuffre's book -- Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice -- is being released posthumously on October 21.
My guess is prince charming knows the spotlight will be on him again shortly.
Seems to be prompted by a recently released book from one of the women he (allegedly) raped with Epstein for years. Virginia Giuffre
It's being released on October 21.
Given the state of the world right now, this book is now on my watchlist for 2025.
https://imgur.com/hvCcPgG
Now that's a high quality gif! I kinda liked that subreddit, but that's in the past