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Rattled UK residents living on streets named after disgraced ex-Duke of York Prince Andrew want his name scrubbed from their addresses in the wake of his sordid ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Residents of Prince Andrew Road and Prince Andrew Close in Maidenhead are urging local officials to rename their streets after Queen Elizabeth II’s third child, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was stripped of his royal titles and honors earlier this month, according to local reports.
Tom Kirk, who lives on Prince Andrew Road, said the street is “an embarrassing association.”
“Whenever you speak with someone, if you’re ordering something or tell someone where you live, there’s always raised eyebrows,” the mortified local told the Maidenhead Advertiser.
“This road name is now linked to controversy, given the severity of the allegations that continue to come through. In terms of where you live from a community side, it should reflect strong values like integrity, equality, respect. This road name doesn’t really represent that.”
Kirk, who moved to the area earlier this year with his partner and young son, said he reached out to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to kick-start the process of renaming the street, which was named after the tarnished former royal when he was born in 1960.
The 65-year-old shed his titles and ranks of “Prince” and “His Royal Highness” on Nov. 3 after allegations surfaced that he was one of Epstein’s notorious clients.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims who died by suicide in April, claimed in her posthumous memoir “Nobody’s Girl” that the infamous pedophile financier forced her to have sex with Andrew on three separate occasions, including when she was just 17.
“Some people might say that there are loads of bad men and women in the world who have buildings named after them,” another resident, who did not want to be named, told the BBC.
“They haven’t been changed or destroyed or so forth. But, I feel, if we can, why not explore it?”
Windsor and Maidenhead officials indicated that any formal application to rename the street would be reviewed according to council rules, the outlet reported.
But with dozens of homes on each road, local rules mean every property owner must agree to the change — and some elderly residents worry it would be too much of a hassle on their lives.
“When you think of all the hundreds of people you’ve got to change your address with, all your friends, and neighbors,” 93-year-old Prince Andrew Road resident John Stamp told the Telegraph. “At my age, it’s too much.”
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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