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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies

King Charles ‘considering stripping Prince Andrew of Duke of York title’

Prince Andrew, King Charles and Prince William at the funeral service for the Duchess of Kent: they stand in front of a group of people including Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Cathedral, wearing black suits and ties.
The Prince of Wales, right, is understood to be keen to strip Prince Andrew, left, of his titles, with King Charles, centre, seeing this as necessary to ease his son’s path to the throne. Photograph: FD/Francis Dias/Newspix International

King Charles is considering stripping Prince Andrew of his title of Duke of York after a string of allegations, the Guardian understands.

Buckingham Palace has reportedly reached “a tipping point” over headlines about Andrew’s connections to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and to a senior Chinese Communist party official suspected to be at the heart of the recent collapsed China spy case.

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