LONDON — Andrew, the scandal-scarred younger brother of King Charles III, will be stripped of his title as prince, an extraordinary punishment — unheard-of in the annals of the modern British royal family — that caps his fall from grace over his ties to convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

In a statement Thursday, Buckingham Palace said it had begun a formal process to remove the “style, titles and honors of Prince Andrew.” The prince, it said, “will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” the family name of members of the House of Windsor. The palace also said Andrew, 65, would be evicted from his sprawling residence, Royal Lodge, and move to a private house.

The announcement, in a terse three-paragraph statement, came after Britain’s royal family was plunged into a widening

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