Andrew has consistently denied the allegations. His loss of title follows mounting political and public pressure in the U.K., where the country's ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, lost his role in September after just seven months in the job, following new revelations about his ties to Epstein.

A Royal Warrant has been sent to the justice secretary and Andrew has been struck off the roll of peerage. He looks set to remain, however, as eighth in line to the throne, with the government not planning to pass the law needed to remove him from the line of succession.

Prince Harry was reportedly “blindsided” by King Charles' decision to strip his own younger brother, Prince Andrew, of all his royal titles. “[Harry's] stomach dropped,” a source told Rob Shuter’s #ShuterScoop on Friday,