After King Charles III of the United Kingdom stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince, the lawyer for Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse, said it “should serve as a lesson to everyone.”
In a written statement Thursday, Sigrid McCawley, who represented Giuffre, said, “Virginia Giuffre’s voice changed history. Her courage, determination and resilient spirit led her to this defining moment.”
“When we consider the crucial importance of the King’s decision to strip his brother Andrew of his ‘prince’ title, it should serve as a lesson to everyone: listen, listen and believe victims of abuse,” said the Schneider Group Media statement attributed to McCawley.
Buckingham Palace said on Thursday (30) that it was seeking to distance the royal family from him due to his links to the.
Andrew, 65, younger brother of Charles and son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, has come under increasing pressure in recent years over his behavior and ties to the late sex offender Epstein. Earlier this month, he was forced to leave .
Charles now intensified his actions against Andrew, stripping him of all his titles and leaving him known only as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The Buckingham Palace statement said formal notice had been served on Andrew to terminate the lease at his Royal Lodge mansion on the Windsor estate west of London and move to alternative private accommodation on the Sandringham estate in east England.
The decision by the king, who is still undergoing regular cancer treatment, represents one of the most drastic measures against a member of the royal family in modern British history.
Andrew was forced to resign as the UK’s roving trade ambassador in 2011, before abandoning all royal duties in 2019 and subsequently being stripped of his military ties and royal patronages in 2022 amid allegations of sexual misconduct that he has always denied.
That year, he resolved one, which he passed away in April, in which she was accused of sexual abuse when she was a teenager. Andrew has always denied her version, which recently resurfaced with the.
