Piers Morgan issues warning to Prince Andrew after Queen stripped his titles

British TV host Piers Morgan has issued a dire warning for Prince Andrew, after the Queen stripped him of his royal titles ahead of his trial.

Piers Morgan has warned Prince Andrew “far worse is to come” after the “utter humiliation” of the Queen stripping him of his titles.

The 56-year-old British broadcaster warned the Duke against continuing to “stonewall his way out of accountability” amid growing anger at the Virginia Giuffre sex-assault lawsuit, The Sun reports.

Andrew, 61, was today stripped of his royal titles and all military honours after a face-to-face showdown with the Queen.

The move comes after Andrew’s lawyers failed to persuade a US judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him that accuses him of sexually abusing Ms Giuffre when she was 17 — which he vehemently denies.

In a stark tweet, Piers said: “Utter humiliation for Andrew but he only has himself to blame — and far worse is to come if he continues to try to stonewall his way out of any accountability re the serious allegations against him and his relationship with Epstein/Maxwell.”

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Piers Morgan has issued a warning to Prince Andrew. Picture: HGL/GC Images

The Duke of York has had his royal titles stripped. Picture: Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP

It is not the first time that the former Good Morning Britain host has taken a swipe at the royal, mocking Andrew after he will be forced to fight off a sexual assault lawsuit – joking that he has “probably discovered he can sweat”, referencing Andrew’s earlier defence claims that he doesn’t sweat.

In another swipe, Piers said: “Will vile sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell now sing like a canary to avoid spending the rest of her life in prison? If she does, there could be a lot of rich, powerful & famous people sweating tonight … and not sweating.”

A source told the Sun Online that the Duke has vowed to defend himself against the allegation.

They said: “Given the robustness with which Judge Kaplan greeted our arguments, we are unsurprised by the ruling.

“However, it was not a judgment on the merits of Ms Giuffre’s allegations.

“This is a marathon not a sprint and the Duke will continue to defend himself against these claims.”

Andrew had been expected to agree to an out-of-court settlement with Ms Giuffre. It was understood that he was set to pay $19 million from the sale of his Swiss chalet to make this possible.

Legal experts say it is his “least worst option” after a US judge ruled sex abuse claims should be heard in court.

A full civil trial with a jury could see Andrew cross-examined about his sex life, links to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and asked exactly what he did to his accuser.

The Duke of York could be asked about the most intimate parts of his body, a lawyer for Epstein’s victims has claimed.

Sworn statements from Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and daughters Beatrice and Eugenie are also a possibility.

But the new statement from our source suggests that at least for the time being the Duke is going to fight it and not settle.

Announcing the stripping of Andrew’s title, Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “With The Queen’s approval and agreement, The Duke of York’s military affiliations and Royal patronages have been returned to The Queen.

“The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen.”

The Queen and Andrew had a “face-to-face showdown” as his honours were stripped. Picture: Duncan McGlynn/Getty Images

According to a source, the decision was “widely discussed among the royal family” and all of his titles have been returned with immediate effect.

In time they will be redistributed to other family members, according to a royal source.

The Duke has always strenuously denied all allegations made against him, and denied ever meeting his accuser in a car crash interview with the BBC in 2019.

During the interview, he also bizarrely claimed that he was medically unable to sweat and that he was at Pizza Express at the time of Ms Giuffre’s claims.

The Duke told Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis that being “shot at” during his time serving as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War caused him to develop a medical condition, anhidrosis.

He claims the “peculiar medical condition” means he couldn’t sweat properly at the time, and could not have “sweated profusely”, as Ms Giuffre claimed.

Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell posing for a photo. Picture: Handout/US District Court/Southern District of New York (SDNY) / AFP

His current predicament stems from his controversial friendship with paedophile Epstein, who Ms Giuffre alleges introduced her to the royal.

She accused Epstein of raping her and sued him but reached an out-of-court settlement in 2009 in which she was paid $500,000 in return for dropping the case.

At this stage it’s unclear whether Andrew will give evidence in person, via a video link or refuse to participate.

Ms Giuffre claims she was trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell to be abused by Andrew after meeting him at a nightclub in London.

It is alleged that she was taken back to Maxwell’s townhouse where she was forced to have sex with the royal, who was at the time aged 41.

Andrew strongly denies all allegations against him and also claims he had no knowledge of any wrongdoing by Maxwell and Epstein.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission