The Independent – Prince Andrew has been told to “take himself off to live in private” following new allegations against him in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.
Giuffre’s harrowing autobiography, published on Tuesday, includes claims that the King’s brother considered it his “birth right” to sleep with her and that his team tried to hire “internet trolls” to harass her.
Shadow minister Robert Jenrick is one of a growing number of people calling for Andrew to step away from public life altogether.
He said: “He has disgraced himself, he has embarrassed the royal family time and again. I don’t see why the taxpayer, frankly, should continue to foot the bill at all. The public are sick of him.”
The fresh accusations have placed mounting pressure on Andrew – who denies any wrongdoing – to give up his 30-bedroom royal mansion, after it emerged he has paid a “peppercorn rent” on the property for more than 20 years.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has put forward a parliamentary motion to formally strip him of his dukedom after Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, told Sky News most of her constituents did not want the duke “to carry a title bearing the name of our city”.
Andrew told to drop titles in 10 minute call with ‘weary’ King
Prince Andrew was told to drop his titles in a 10-minute call with a ‘weary’ King Charles on Thursday, royal sources told The Mirror.
The monarch was said to have called the meeting after growing “weary and furious” over the mounting scandals.
He allegedly told Andrew that action was needed to stop it.
The official statement published on Friday said: “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family” …
