The front pages on Friday are dominated by the Queen stripping the Duke of York of his royal and military titles as the fallout continues from his sexual assault lawsuit.
The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian carry the news delivered by Buckingham Palace that the monarchy is moving to distance itself from Andrew.
📰The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Queen freezes out Andrew’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 13, 2022
Guardian front page, Friday 14 January 2022: Queen strips Andrew of military and royal roles pic.twitter.com/VGABvitUW5
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) January 13, 2022
The Daily Mail writes that the Duke of York had a “haunted look” as he arrived for a “crisis summit” with the Queen, reporting that it was the Prince of Wales who demanded his brother’s exile.
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/UKnsyCpFW9
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 13, 2022
The Sun and Metro both quip that the prince has been “throne out” by the royal family.
Tomorrow’s front page: The Queen dramatically stripped Prince Andrew of all his royal and military titles after summoning him to Windsor Castlehttps://t.co/9ebsxmSAKp pic.twitter.com/MeYNDucKAo
— The Sun (@TheSun) January 13, 2022
Friday’s front page:
THRONE OUT#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/sRJfb2pI4v
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) January 13, 2022
i writes the Monarch “banishes her favourite son from royal life to limit further damage from sexual assault allegations”.
Friday’s front page: Prince Andrew cast out by the Queen
Report by @poppyeh, @DavidParsley50 & @benjaminbutter – https://t.co/0f38dvfmcx#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SkwbaThmLh
— i newspaper (@theipaper) January 13, 2022
The Daily Express says the Queen cast the Duke of York adrift “for the sake of monarchy”.
Tomorrow’s front page: Queen casts Andrew adrift … for sake of the monarchy#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/hjyj37dyrQ pic.twitter.com/FIvnuGyAZc
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 13, 2022
The Times called the Duke of York’s public ousting a “humiliating blow”.
THE TIMES: Andrew humiliated as Queen strips his titles #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Fr7QDPOUm0
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 13, 2022
The Daily Star continues in the same vein, calling the Duke of York a “narcissist” who was “formerly known as Prince”.
Tomorrow’s front page: The narcissist formerly known as Prince #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/PDSGN6fcoz pic.twitter.com/QUjCoq1QzG
— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 13, 2022
Elsewhere, The Daily Mirror reports that “hours before” the Queen was seen mourning alone at her husband’s funeral, Downing Street staff held two “boozy bashes”.
Tomorrow’s front page: No10 ‘parties on eve of Philip funeral’ https://t.co/qYFWw8v2MF #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/062Aoc81hq
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 13, 2022
And the Financial Times reports that talks between the US, Nato and Russia have hit a “dead end”, with the Kremlin’s threat of military action against Ukraine remaining.
FT UK: Russian threat to Ukraine persists after talks with west hit ‘dead end’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7pAsHqzteG
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 13, 2022