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With the announcement that he will stop using his titles or honours, Prince Andrew’s slow retreat from public life is essentially complete. But as politicians and journalists have pointed out, the disgraced royal deciding not to use his titles is some distance from actually having them revoked, as a small group of MPs are now calling for. Andrew technically remains the Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh and, of course, a prince.

Craig Prescott is an expert on the constitutional role of the monarchy, and has been writing about these issues in The Conversation since 2022, when the late queen took away Andrew’s military titles and patronages. Prescott now explains the complex parliamentary procedures that would actually be required to strip Andrew of his dukedom.

In other “royals losing their shine” news, the Louvre was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday, with thieves making off with priceless items of royal jewellery and regalia. Read up on a short history of the stolen jewels here.

And as ChatGPT effectively becomes ChatXXX with the launch of an erotic feature, we explore the legal and practical pitfalls of adults-only AI-generated content.

Avery Anapol

Commissioning Editor, Politics + Society

Prince Andrew at the coronation of his brother, King Charles III. Andy Rain/EPA-EFE

Why Prince Andrew is still a prince – and how his remaining titles could be removed

Craig Prescott, Royal Holloway, University of London

The law is not designed to easily allow someone to become an ex-royal.

Empress Eugenie’s tiara was among the looted goods. Danita Delimont/Alamy

Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

Laura O'Brien, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Much of the immediate reaction to the audacious theft has concentrated on the Louvre’s security problems, rather than on the jewels themselves.

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ChatGPT is about to get erotic, but can OpenAI really keep it adults-only?

Simon Thorne, Cardiff Metropolitan University

OpenAI says its new erotic mode will be restricted to adults But with millions of teenagers already chatting to AI, how enforceable is that promise really?

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