The Duke of York, the son of Queen Elizabeth Prince Andrew, will lose all his military titles and official duties, Buckingham Palace announced tonight (Thursday) in a special statement that caused a storm in the kingdom.
The Queen's decision was made following a civil lawsuit against the prince and his involvement in the minor and pimping rape cases of millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
"With the Queen's full approval and consent, Prince Andrew's military duties and royal sponsorships will be returned to the Queen," the palace said in a brief statement.
According to the decision, which followed a major protest by British military veterans who had won support from the command, Prince Andrew would no longer use the title "His Majesty" during official events and his military titles would be returned to the Queen.
Andrew's roles will be divided among the rest of the royal family.
Andrew is facing a civil lawsuit in the United States where a state citizen is suing him for sexually assaulting her when she was 17, a claim the British prince has vehemently denied since it was made public.
An American judge ruled earlier this week that the lawsuit could take place after Andrew filed a motion to shelve the case.
It was officials in the British army who pushed for the return of the prince's military duties to the Queen.
A source in the Royal Irish Regiment, one of the battalions in which Prince Andrew serves as chief colonel, told the British media that "the prince has taken part in many battalions of the battalion and has shown great interest in his activities, and is also invited to future activities. We are so damaged that he deserves to give up the job. "
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