LONDON (Reuters] – On Wednesday, York in the northern English city of York stripped Britain’s Prince Andrew who is also the Duke of York of his freedom.

Local councillors voted in masse for the revocation of Queen Elizabeth II’s honour to Andrew, her second child, in 1987.

Andrew has been a fallen victim to the British royal family. In February, he settled with Virginia Giuffre, a U.S. suit alleging that he sexually abused her as a teenager. This could save him from further embarrassment.

“This honorary freedom is given to those who are the best representatives of York. Darryl Smalley (a York councillor) stated that Prince Andrew shouldn’t have any links to York.

Andrew (62) did not confess to wrongdoing when he agreed to settle the civil suit. He was not accused of any criminal wrongdoing.

Giuffre had been arguing that Andrew was friends with Jeffrey Epstein (a financier and sex offenders who Giuffre stated had also sexually abuse her). Epstein, who was awaiting trial in Manhattan in 2019, committed suicide inside a Manhattan jail.

Andrew denied allegations that Giuffre was forced to have sex with him when he was 17 years old. This happened at the London home Ghislaine Maxwell’s Epstein associate, and Epstein’s Manhattan mansion.

In January, Andrew lost his military titles and royal patronages. The royal family declared that he wouldn’t be called “His Royal Highness” anymore.