As new scandals continued to rise around Prince Andrew, he said Friday that he “will no longer use” his titles or honours.

The Duke of York had stepped back from official royal duties after his disastrous BBC interview in 2019 regarding his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew also agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre.

Recently published excerpts from a posthumous book by Giuffre accused Andrew of being “entitled — as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright."

Other reports had emerged recently that he told Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the royal with his arm around a teenage Giuffre was published in 2011.

In a message late Friday from Buckingham Palace, Andrew said that in discussion with his brother, King Charles, and his immediate and wider family, “we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family."

“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.

“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. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”

WATCH | Prince Andrew gives up titles: Prince Andrew to give up royal titles, including Duke of York | Duration 5:11 Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York after his friendship with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines.

Craig Prescott, a constitutional expert and lecturer in law at Royal Holloway, University of London, said this is “the neatest solution” to the situation involving Andrew.

“It avoids the need for Parliament to get involved. He technically retains the titles, but this is a distinction without a difference. He remains a prince, which shows you can never really truly leave the Royal Family, but this a big step."

Prescott said the allegations against Andrew are “especially jarring when compared to Queen Camilla's work on domestic violence and Sophie, Duchess of