Jimu news reporter Song Qingying
Intern Fang Ziyi
Probably Prince Andrew of England would not have imagined that at the age of 61, he would be expelled from the royal family by order of his mother. According to British media reports, because facing rape lawsuits, the queen stripped her son of his military title and royal sponsorship in anger, and Prince Andrew became a "commoner".
Prince Andrew and mother Elizabeth, Source: BBC
The Queen of England was furious, and the prince became a commoner
According to the BBC, on January 13, local time, Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying that Queen Elizabeth II had approved that Prince Andrew's military title and royal sponsorship had been returned to the Queen.
Like Prince Harry, although Prince Andrew retained his title, he could no longer use the official title of "His Highness".
British media said that the door for Prince Andrew's return to the royal family is closing. Royal sources said Prince Andrew's position in the royal family would be redistributed to other members of the royal family.
After the royal family's statement, several other charities and organizations broke ties with Prince Andrew, but he still owns dozens of royal patronage, including prestigious golf clubs, schools and cultural trusts.
It is reported that the royal family's decision was due to the rape lawsuit faced by the prince, which made the queen angry. Last year, The American woman, Juffy, accused Prince Andrew of sexually assaulting her, who was then under the age of 18, in 2001 and filed a civil lawsuit last year.
The BBC said the royal family's response was swift and brutal, and immediately after Prince Andrew accepted the charges, the royal family "drew a line" from Prince Andrew, and the loss of the title meant that Prince Andrew would use his status as an ordinary citizen to defend himself in the sexual assault lawsuit in the United States.
Having lost at least 10 military titles, the military said: "He doesn't deserve it!"
Prince Andrew, Source: BBC
Prince Andrew was the second son of the Queen. Prince Andrew served in the Royal Navy for 22 years and also served as a pilot during the Falklands War.
Judging by the military titles he was stripped of, he had been favored by the Queen in the past.
According to the Extreme News combing, it was found that Prince Andrew had lost at least 10 military titles, including the title of Colonel of the Grenadier Guard, one of the most senior infantry regiments in the British Army.
In addition, Prince Andrew will lose a number of overseas military honorary positions, including Colonel of the Royal Highland Flintlock Regiment of Canada, Colonel of the Royal New Zealand Army Logistics Regiment, Colonel of the Princess Louise of Canada Flintlock Regiment, and Colonel of the Queen's York Rangers (U.S. First Army).
Although Prince Andrew is no longer serving in the military, he has continued to receive various titles in recent years.
He was appointed vice admiral by the Navy on his 55th birthday in 2015 and was originally scheduled to be promoted to admiral on his 60th birthday in 2020, but in 2019, that appointment was postponed.
On 13 January, more than 150 Royal Navy, RAF and Army veterans signed a letter demanding that the Queen strip Prince Andrew of his eight British military titles.
The decision of the British Royal Family was also welcomed by Tobias Elwood, Chairman of the House of Commons Defence Special Committee, which he believes protects the military's reputation.
Lieutenant Stuart Hunter, who served in the First Royal Tank Regiment, signed the letter, expressing his approval of stripping the prince of his military title, "I am glad he has no contact with the army now." Whether he was guilty or not, he was not worthy of an honorary rank. ”
The prince is involved in a scandal of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, and the royal family's image is damaged
Prince Andrew Joffrey, Source: BBC
What exactly did Prince Andrew do to make both the royal family and the military so disdainful?
In August, Virginia Giuffre, a 38-year-old American woman, alleged that she had been sexually assaulted and abused by Prince Andrew three times in the United States and the United Kingdom when she was only 17 years old.
According to Juffy's allegations, she was provided to Prince Andrew by Epstein, the "sexual predator" of the United States.
Djuffrey revealed many details about the sexual assault and also showed a photo of her and Andrew. She said that the night they took the group photo they went to a nightclub, and Andrew danced very ugly and sweated a lot.
Since then, the New York Times and other media have exposed that Prince Andrew and Epstein have been close.
Prince Andrew has repeatedly vehemently denied the sexual assault, saying he does not remember seeing Joffrey and insisting that they never had sexual relations.
Juffrey filed a civil lawsuit in New York under the Child Victims Act, telling the BBC and other media outlets that she was not only demanding compensation, but also justice.
Prince Andrew's lawyer demanded dismissal of the lawsuit on the grounds that Juffy had signed an agreement with Epstein, but the judge dismissed the lawyer's request.
After the details of the case were exposed, the British royal family was involved in a deep crisis of public opinion, and analysts believed that Juffy's allegations posed the most serious threat to the image of the British royal family.
A senior royal spokesman said: "Andrew's sexual assault case is a matter of survival for the entire royal family, and it has always been so, and it will continue to be so. ”
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