Windsor Castle Makes Shocking Move Against Prince Andrew Reserved for ‘Cases of High Treason’

Prince Andrew, who recently gave up his royal titles amid backlash over his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is taking more heat from the palace.

The 65-year-old’s banner featuring his coat of arms has been removed from Windsor Castle, according to multiple reports.

The shocking move, per The Sun, is typically enacted in “cases of high treason or taking up arms against the Crown.”

The BBC reports that the flag, which was linked to his onetime membership of the Order of the Garter, was on display inside St George’s Chapel. It was on display next to Prince William‘s flag.

Following the release of Nobody’s Girl, the explosive new memoir by his accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre — who died by suicide at 41 earlier this year — King Charles III’s brother released a statement via Buckingham Palace.

“In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family,” the former Duke of York said in the October 17 statement.

“I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life,” Andrew added.

“With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me,” he continued. “As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”

Giuffre, who claimed that she was in a car crash before her death and went into renal failure, detailed her alleged sexual encounters with the prince while she was a minor in the posthumous memoir.  (Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.)

Andrew’s mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, stripped the prince of his military titles and royal patronages in 2022, the same year he settled a civil suit with Giuffre and denied any wrongdoing.