US EditionBuckingham Palace announces new change to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's title
- Buckingham Palace is reportedly considering reinstating a hyphen in Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's surname to Mountbatten-Windsor, aligning it with how the late Queen first used it last month.
- After revelations tied to Jeffrey Epstein, the King initiated a formal process last month to remove Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Duke of York title and prince style amid rising pressure from Virginia Giuffre's memoirs and Epstein estate documents.
- In a Privy Council declaration two weeks before his birth, Queen Elizabeth II created the Mountbatten-Windsor surname to include Prince Philip's name, traditionally hyphenated on official documents.
- The Times reports that royal historians urge Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to use Mountbatten-Windsor with a hyphen to preserve tradition, while the hyphen-less name reflected Andrew's preference.
- In recent weeks, pressure increased as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Epstein links resurfaced, following Virginia Giuffre's memoirs and US document releases; The Independent has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.
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He Lost His Titles but Gained a Hyphen
He's lost his titles, his house, and his reputation, but the former Prince Andrew has gained a hyphen. The disgraced royal is now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and not, as previously announced , Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The change makes the name's style conform to the double-barreled surname chosen by the late...
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No longer a prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gains a hyphen in his name
The former Prince Andrew has officially changed his name to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, adding a hyphen to align with the royal family’s surname style.
Andrew Mountbatten to get new title amid UK Minister urging ex-Prince to cooperate with US Epstein probe?
Former Prince Andrew may get a new title after being stripped of his royal title due to his connection with Jeffrey Epstein. The palace is considering reintroducing a hyphen in his surname, changing it from Mountbatten Windsor to Mountbatten-Windsor, following a 1960 Privy Council Declaration.
Andrew gets a name change as Palace reinstates hyphen to Mountbatten-Windsor
The double barrelled surname was created by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1960. The disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have been formally stripped of his dukedom, his HRH and his princely title, but Buckingham Palace has handed him a tiny addition to his new name – a hyphen. Royal sources have confirmed that, going forward, Andrew will use the punctuation mark between his two last names. When the former prince’s new name as a commoner was…
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