Prince Andrew is now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
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The surname has always been hyphenated but the name appeared without a hyphen in the statement from Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, allegedly used taxpayer-funded trips as a cover to pursue “lot and lots of women,” reportedly including at least 40 prostitutes. “In 2001,
These latest claims surfaced just one day after Andrew was stripped of his “prince” title amid the ongoing scandal regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Buckingham Palace has announced Prince Andrew will lose his royal titles and honours. But where does his surname Mountbatten Windsor come from?
King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, belonged to the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was the family name of his German father Prince Albert, but in 1917 King George V decided to adopt Windsor as the family’s surname because of anti-German sentiment that had arisen during the First World War.
In light of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his titles, Channel 4 have dealt yet another blow to the disgraced royal. The broadcasters have announced that they, too, will be stripping him of his title as Prince Andrew: The Musical will be changed to just Andrew: The Musical.
Royal historian Andrew Lownie claims Prince Andrew had 40 prostitutes brought to him over four days during a 2001 trip to Thailand, using his Trade Envoy role as a cover for private time. These allegations surface as Andrew was recently stripped of his royal titles due to "serious lapses of judgement" linked to his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his royal titles due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, there's still one position within The Firm he'll get to keep. Keep reading to learn what it