Britain's Prince Andrew will have his royal titles formally removed and will move out of his home in Windsor, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as the royal faces growing pressure over his ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement that King Charles had "initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours" of his younger brother.

"Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor," the palace said, an escalation from measures announced two weeks ago, when it said that Andrew would stop using some of his titles , including the Duke of York.

The palace said that the "censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him," adding: "Their Majesties [King Charles and Qu

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