Prince Andrew was forced to give up his royal title as Duke of York Friday in a humiliating fall from grace that ended a years-long saga over his friendship with late convicted millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The scandal-scarred duke, 65, said he chose to relinquish his titles to avoid being a distraction — as new revelations about his alleged sex abuse of a minor emerged this week.

“In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the royal family,” Prince Andrew said in a statement released Friday by Buckingham Palace.

The disgraced duke surrendered his titles as new excerpts from a posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre — who alleged she was trafficked by Epstein to have sex with Andrew when she was 17

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