Buckingham Palace confirms Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s name has been removed from the roll of the peerage – a key step in formally removing his royal titles.

Andrew was stripped of his “prince” title on Thursday evening, and will leave his royal mansion in Windsor.

Buckingham Palace’s dramatic statement on Thursday night came after months of pressure over Andrew’s private life.

In a posthumous memoir published this month, Virginia Giuffre repeated allegations that, as a teenager, she had sex with Andrew on three separate occasions – Andrew has always denied the claims.

Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, welcomes the King’s move against Andrew – but tells the BBC: “It’s not enough – we have to have some sort of investigation that goes further into this.”