The man formerly known as Prince Andrew but in future will be just plain old Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, is undoubtedly a grifter, willing to trade on his title and the connections generated by his family connections to fund his greed and lust for a lavish lifestyle. But the public revelations of his association with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his sexual relations with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a young women whom Epstein offered to him and other men, has been too much for the current king who has set about cutting him loose from the family, at least publicly.

The entitled behavior of people like Windsor is usually something that is learned at an early age. It is said that he was the favorite child of the late queen who indulged him and protected him and partially funded his lifestyle, though his greed for even more led him into all manner of shady deals with shady people. Throughout his life, there have been questions about how he and his now ex-wife Sarah Ferguson funded their luxurious lifestyle, which includes the upkeep of the 30-room Royal Lodge described as “a Georgian mansion sitting in 40 hectares of secluded grounds in Windsor Great Park” for which he paid no rent, or in 2014 to buy for £18 million a chalet in Switzerland. On top of this was the lavish lifestyle that he enjoyed.

There is little doubt that the former queen and the current king would have been aware that he was up to no good, at least financially if not sexually. And they would likely have continued to turn a blind eye if Roberts Giuffre had not come forward with her revelations. But knowing that ultimately, the continuance of the parasitic lifestyle of the royal family depends upon public support even while they work hard to keep their wealth and finances shrouded in secrecy, the current king has decided to cut him loose, at least publicly, by stripping him of all his titles, including one of being an honorary admiral, even forcing him to leave the Royal Lodge.

But do not worry that Windsor will be out in the streets. He will still be comfortably off.

It is understood that Andrew will move to a property on the private Sandringham estate in Norfolk, to be privately funded by the king.

His ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will also move out of Royal Lodge and will sort out her own living arrangements.

Given Windsor’s history and his desire for moving among the wealthy, I do not think he will fade quietly into the woodwork. He will try to work some other grifts and cause further embarrassment to the family.