Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor struck a forlorn figure as he got caught in the eye of a storm with just a horse for company.
In stark contrast, his brother King Charles was busy entertaining his nieces, Princess Eugenie and Beatrice and other Royal Family members for Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace.
Stripped of his last title and pictured in the latest batch of photos released by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, Andrew grimaced in the storm as he rode around Windsor Park with a male companion this morning.
Just weeks after he was stripped of his royal titles, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has faced the final humiliation after losing his last remaining military title.
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The 65-year-old can no longer call himself a Vice-Admiral after he was demoted following a meeting of the Defence Council.
Defence Secretary John Healey said the decision was made after King Charles ‘indicated’ he should be stripped of the last title.
2025 has seen the former prince officially become a commoner, losing his status after more details about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released.
He was pictured in the latest batch of photos released by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate exchanging a glance with Bill Gates.
It came as Virginia Giuffre’s family say they are ‘deeply disappointed’ by the Met Police’s decision not to investigate the claims that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor tried to ‘dig up dirt’ on her.
The disgraced former prince was alleged to have passed Ms Giuffre’s social security number and date of birth to his taxpayer-funded bodyguard.
According to claims first published in the The Mail on Sunday in October, Andrew first handed over Ms Giuffre’s details to his close protection officer in 2011 and instructed him to find dirt on her as part of a smear campaign.
However the Met’s chief specialist crime commander said the force had not received any evidence to justify opening a probe.
The family of Ms Giuffre have said they are ‘deeply disappointed’ by the force’s decision to drop the investigation ‘without explanation’, adding they were not told this announcement was coming.
They said in a statement on Saturday: ‘We emailed with a detective from the Metropolitan Police yesterday, Friday, Dec 12th, who gave us no indication that this announcement was imminent.
‘Indeed, he asked us if we had any evidence we would like to present; we had not yet replied.
‘With the Epstein files about to be released by (the US) congress since the passage of the Epstein Transparency Act, we are surprised that the Metropolitan Police didn’t wait to see what further evidence might appear.
‘While we have hailed the UK’s overall handling of the case of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor previously, today we feel justice has not been served.
‘We continue to challenge the system that protects abusers, especially as more evidence comes to light that can hold people accountable.
‘Our sister Virginia, and all survivors, are owed this much.’
