Prince William has already decided that his uncle, Prince Andrew, will fade into obscurity with relation to all things royal in the future.

According to The Sunday Times, William is set to take a much harder stance on Andrew’s misconduct when he becomes king. King Charles, Andrew’s brother, has taken a more lenient approach in the eyes of the public, despite Andrew having brought disrepute upon the Royal Family via his ties to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Indeed, the 65-year-old has been battling allegations for years now, but new interest in his connection to Epstein saw him recently announce that he is relinquishing his royal titles and honors in the wake of a series of damning emails surfacing.

One such email saw Andrew telling Epstein “we’re in this together” after the infamous picture of the prince with his arm around then-teenager Virginia Giuffre was released in the media. Andrew had previously told the BBC that he had long since cut ties with Epstein by this point, with the email apparently proving this was not the case.

He also told Epstein to “keep in close touch”, conferring a desire to “play some more soon”.

In 2019, Andrew told the BBC’s Newsnight programme that he had abruptly ended his friendship with Epstein in December 2010. The above email was reportedly sent in 2011.

Furthermore, British police are now said to be looking into an allegation that Andrew asked a protection officer to uncover information about the aforementioned Virginia Giuffre hours before the picture of them together – used to establish a clear connection between Andrew, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell – was made public.

In January of 2022, Queen Elizabeth stripped Andrew of his military titles and patronages amid a sexual assault lawsuit against him by Giuffre. Andrew ultimately settled out of court with Giuffre in February 2022 for an undisclosed sum. Giuffre died by suicide in April of this year, age 41.