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Evening Standard
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Laura Elston

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: Former prince who was banished from monarchy

Andrew is the second son of the late Queen but was stripped of his Duke of York and prince title by his brother the King (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA) - (PA Archive)

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the royal family’s most controversial figure, was banished from the monarchy in disgrace and forced to step down from public life amid a damaging sexual assault scandal.

A friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a car-crash television interview and a civil sex abuse case settled with a multimillion-pound payout all led to his dramatic downfall.

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