LONDON (AP) — The family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre praised King Charles III’s decision to strip his brother Andrew of his princely title and spacious home, as pressure mounted Friday on the disgraced royal to answer questions from politicians and the police about his finances and his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The king acted to stem mounting public disapproval as more damning details emerged about Andrew's relationship with the convicted sex offender. Charles moved to preserve the monarchy from the fallout by forcibly removing a British prince’s title for the first time in a century.

Julian Payne, a former communications secretary to the king and queen, said that, as the scandal around Andrew grew and grew , the royal family had decided that “a tipping point had been reached."

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