Road Named After Ex-Prince Andrew Is Causing a Stir Amongst Residents Who Want It Changed

After Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (formerly known as Prince Andrew) had his royal titles revoked, residents of Maidenhead, England, are hoping another name change is in the works.

Some people living on Prince Andrew Road, located approximately 28 miles from Buckingham Palace, want the street name to be changed now that the former Duke of York, 65, is no longer using the title nor honors conferred upon him.

“The initial feeling that stands out more than anything is it’s kind of an embarrassing association,” Prince Andrew Road resident Tom Kirk told local newspaper Maidenhead Advertiser last month. “Whenever you speak with someone, if you’re ordering something or tell someone where you live there’s always raised eyebrows.”

The former royal has come under fire in recent days due to his longtime connection to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Though Andrew has been at the center of allegations for many years, things took a sharp turn following the release of Virginia Giuffre’s Nobody’s Girl, the explosive new memoir by his accuser who died by suicide at 41 earlier this year.

Andrew has maintained his innocence and continuously denied any wrongdoing.

However, Kirk told the Maidenhead Advertiser, “There’s the ethical standpoint with the association. This road name is now linked to controversy, given the severity of the allegations that continue to come through.”

Kelly Pevy, who lives on the nearby Prince Andrew Close, said that companies “make a little joke” whenever she gives her address, according to a November 11 report in the Daily Beast.

A local who wished to remain anonymous also told the BBC, “Some people might say that there are loads of bad men and women in the world who have buildings named after them. They haven’t been changed or destroyed or so forth. But, I feel, if we can, why not explore it?”

According to the Maidenhead Advertiser, Prince Andrew Road — named after the late Queen Elizabeth II’s son following his birth in 1960 — can only be changed after “a formal legal process.”

Because residents must be in agreement, the Windsor and Maidenhead council said a public notice must first be placed at each end of the street notifying the people living there of the proposal.

“All the people I’d have to contact with my new address, I think it’s possibly more trouble than it’s worth,” said Trisha Ray, who has lived on the road since 1977.

Last month, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his royal duties and privileges and asked him and ex-wife Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson to vacate Royal Lodge. His coat of arms has been removed from Windsor Castle.