The Queen has stripped Prince Andrew’s military affiliations and Royal patronages, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

He will no longer be called His Royal Highness after it was confirmed he will face a civil sex case trial after a US judge dismissed a motion by Andrew’s legal team to have the lawsuit thrown out.

Virginia Giuffre is suing the Duke of York for alleged sexual assault when she was a teenager.

She claims she was trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein to have sex with Andrew when she was aged 17 and a minor under US law.

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US judge Lewis Kaplan refused to dismiss the case after hearing cases from lawyers of both the Duke and Virginia Giuffre.

The Palace said in a statement: “With the Queen’s approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to the Queen.

“The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen.”

What patronages and did Prince Andrew hold? 

  • Alderney Maritime Trust (Patron)
  • Army Officers' Golfing Society (Patron)
  • Army Rifle Association (Patron)
  • Attend (National Association of Hospital and Community Friends) (Patron)
  • Berkshire County Cricket Club (Honorary Member)
  • British-Kazakh Society (Honorary Patron)
  • Commonwealth Golfing Society (Patron)
  • Constructionarium (Patron)
  • Fire Service Sports and Athletics Association (Patron)
  • Fly Navy Heritage Trust (Patron)
  • Foundation for Liver Research (Patron)
  • The Friends of Lakefield College School (Paton)
  • Friends of the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) (Patron)
  • Greenwich Hospital (Patron)
  • Grenadier Guards (Colonel)
  • H.M.S. Duke of York Association (Honorary President)
  • Horris Hill School (Visitor)
  • Hunstanton Golf Club (Patron)
  • Interfaith Explorers (Patron)
  • Inverness Golf Club (Honorary President)
  • Killyleagh Yacht Club (Joint Patron) 
  • Lakefield College School (Trustee & Honorary Chairperson)
  • Lucifer Golfing Society (Patron)
  • Maimonides Interfaith Foundation (Patron)
  • Maple Bay Yacht Club (Patron)
  • Morayvia Aerospace Centre (Patron)
  • Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta (Patron)
  • Quad-Centenary Club (Chair)
  • Queen's York Rangers (Colonel-In-Chief)
  • Robert T. Jones, Jr. Scholarship Foundation (Patron)
  • Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom (President)
  • Royal Aero Club Trust (Patron)
  • Royal Air Force Golfing Society (Patron)
  • Royal Air Force Lossiemouth (Honorary Air Commodore)
  • Royal Alberta United Services Institute (Lifetime Member)
  • Royal Artillery Golfing Society (Patron)
  • Royal Ascot Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal Belfast Golf Clu (Patron)
  • Royal Blackheath Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal British Legion Scotland, Inverness Branch (Life Member)
  • Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal County Down Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal Free Charity (Patron)
  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (Patron)
  • Royal Guild of St Sebastian (Royal Guild of Archers of St. Sebastian - Bruges) (Honorary Member)
  • The Royal Highland Fusiliers Of Canada (Colonel In Chief)
  • Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (Colonel In Chief)
  • Royal Jersey Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal Montrose Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Patron)
  • Royal Navy Golf Association (Patron)
  • Royal Navy Golfing Society (Patron)
  • Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) (Colonel-In-Chief)
  • Royal Norwich Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal Perth Golfing Society and Country and City Club (Patron)
  • Royal Portrush Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal St David's Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies ( Member of Advisory Board)
  • Royal Victoria Yacht Club, British Columbia (Patron)
  • Royal Winchester Golf Club (Patron)
  • Royal Windsor Horse Show (Royal Vice President)
  • Ryedale Festival (Patron)
  • SickKids Foundation (Patron)
  • Small Arms School Corps (Colonel In Chief)
  • Sound Seekers (Patron)
  • St Helena National Trust (Patron)
  • Staffordshire Regiment Trust (Royal Patron)
  • STFC Harwell and Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (Royal Patron)
  • Sunningdale Ladies Golf Club (Patron)
  • The Association of Royal Navy Officers (Member)
  • The Colonel's Fund (Grenadier Guards) (Colonel-in-Chief)
  • The Corporation of Trinity House (Elder Brother)
  • The Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy (Patron)
  • The Duke of York's Community Initiative (Patron)
  • The Entrepreneurship Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School (Paton)
  • The Fleet Air Arm (Commodore-in-Chief)
  • The Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association (Member)
  • The Gordonstoun Association (Member)
  • The Helicopter Club of Great Britain (Honorary Member)
  • The Honourable Artillery Company (Member)
  • The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (Grand Master)
  • The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn (Royal Bencher)
  • The Institution of Civil Engineers (Patron)
  • The Ladder Foundation (Patron)
  • The Northern Meeting (Patron)
  • The Omani Britain Friendship Association (Joint Honorary Patron)
  • The Princess Louise Fusiliers (Colonel-in-Chief)
  • The Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (Honorary Life Member)
  • The Royal Air Squadron (Honorary Member)
  • The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (Grand President)
  • The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust (Patron)
  • The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Royal Colonel)
  • The Royal Household Golf Club (President)
  • The Royal Institute of Navigation (Honorary Fellow)
  • The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) (Colonel In Chief)
  • The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Royal Colonel, 2nd Bn)
  • The Royal Society (Fellow)
  • The Royal Thames Yacht Club (Commodore)
  • The South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA 82) (Member)
  • The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (Freeman)
  • University of Cambridge Judge Business School (Patron)
  • Wellington Academy (President)
  • Wellington College International Tianjin (Visitor)
  • Westminster Academy (Visitor)
  • Yorkshire Society (Patron)