Jeremy Vine claims Andrew will be 'in US jail within five years after being buried alive'

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, will be in an American jail within five years after being "humiliated" and "buried alive" by the Royal Family, Jeremy Vine has claimed on the BBC. Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, broadcaster Jeremy Vine said he thinks this week's events - where Andrew was stripped of his prince title - gives way for the disgraced Royal to be extradited to the US. In another shock development, Defence Secretary John Healey earlier confirmed that steps are being taken to take away Andrew's last remaining military honour, as vice admiral of the Navy. Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 over his links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Mr Vine said of the Royal, who will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor: "He's been buried alive. I was amazed at what John Healey told you that they're taking the last military honor away from him. "It's not enough for him to disappear, they want him humiliated. But I wonder whether the Americans will think, 'okay we can now go for him'. And I would reckon in the next five years he'll be in an American jail." Asked by a slightly dumfounded Ms Kuenssberg whether he thinks this will actually happen, Mr Vine said: "I think they'll they'll start extradition proceedings on him. Because now he has no protection." Vine went on to note that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is in jail, and Andrew's support has been pulled, adding: "And that must be a signal to the FBI and others that they can now look into him properly." Sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre, who tragically took her own life earlier this year, claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times - which has consistently and vehemently denies. Ms Giuffre's family said the decision to strip him of his royal titles are an "acknowledgement" by Buckingham Palace that something had happened to her, reports the Mirror . Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed that Andrew will be stripped of his honorary rank of vice-admiral. He was made a vice-admiral on his 55th birthday in 2015 and retained the rank after giving up his other military positions in 2022. Mr Healey told the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: "In general, the Government's been guided by the decisions and judgments the King has made. "In defence, it's exactly the same. And we've seen Andrew surrender the honorary positions he's had throughout the military, and guided again by the King , we are working now to remove that last remaining title of vice-admiral that he has." Asked whether Andrew could lose his military medals as well, Mr Healey said they were "medals for his service", adding: "I don't have an update for you on that, but just as with his vice-admiral rank and title, we would be guided by the decisions the King makes." The Defence Secretary pointed out that any decision to remove Andrew from the line of succession is a matter for the King. Andrew is eighth in line to the throne, but the Government faces calls to pass legislation removing him. Asked how the Government would respond if the King asked for him to be removed, Mr Healey said: "Well, look, that's a matter for the King." The disgraced duke is also officially departing his 30-bedroom residence, Royal Lodge. He will relinquish the lease and "relocate to alternative private accommodation", the Palace said, understood to be a property within the grounds of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.