The royal figure surrenders his designation as the Duke.
The royal is giving up his designations, among them the the Duke, he has announced in a individual message.
He has been under increasing attention over his associations with disgraced financier Epstein, with requests for the royal household to take steps against him.
That now looks to have resulted in the royal deciding to of his own accord give up his designations and to give up involvement of the Garter Order.
In his statement he said he continued to "vigorously dispute the accusations against me".
"In talks with the King, and my close and broader family, we have decided the ongoing allegations about me divert from the responsibilities of His Majesty and the monarchy," said a announcement from him.
"I have chosen, as I always have, to put my responsibility to my kin and nation first.
"I uphold my choice five years ago to withdraw from royal engagements.
"With the King's consent, we believe I must now go a further step. I will therefore no longer hold my honor or the awards which have been granted to me. As I have said earlier, I firmly deny the claims against me."
He has encountered a number of controversies, among them a court case he settled with the plaintiff, doubts about his economic affairs and his connection with an suspected foreign agent.
He will continue to be a member of royalty - but will cease to be the the Duke, a honor bestowed from his mother, the Queen Elizabeth II.
Andrew had already ceased to be a "active member" and had forfeited the use of his royal style and no longer appeared at state occasions. His position now will be even more diminished.
His previous partner will be known as Sarah and no longer York's Duchess, but their children will carry on to have the designation of royal princess.
Prince Andrew has been under strong attention over his connections with notorious figure Epstein, more in recent times involving doubts about when he had really severed communication.
In his television appearance, Prince Andrew had said that he had cut off all links with the financier after they had been seen together in New York in late 2010.
But emails sent in February 2011 later emerged implying that Andrew had privately continued in communication with him, for example exchanging a communication: "Stay in contact and we'll play some more soon!"
There had been mounting annoyance in the monarchy at the issues that persisted to plague the figure.
In the coming days a late publication by the accuser will be published which is anticipated to draw more attention on the royal's association with the plaintiff and Jeffrey Epstein.
