reporter: tonight humiliation for the queen s second son royal sources confirming to nbc news he will no longer be called his royal highness, a title he was born with. buckingham palace saying in a statement, with the queen s approval and agreement, the duke of york s military affiliation and royal patridges have been returned to the queen. the statement ending he is defending this case as a private citizen. virginia giuffre is suing prince andrew for alleged sexual assault when she was 17 years old. she says she was trafficked by the prince s friend, the late jeffrey epstein. it was a really scary time in my life. i had just been accused by a member of the royal family. reporter: the allegations continued despite prince andrew s years of denials including saying he doesn t remember this photograph with giuffre and ghislaine maxwell who was convicted last month on federal sex trafficking charges. i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none