King Charles has ordered that his membership of the Order of the Garter, to which he was appointed in 2006, be removed. Mr Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order is also to be cancelled and annulled, records published on London Gazette show.
The British Defence Secretary would not comment on whether Andrew would be able to keep his medals, including the campaign medal he received for his service in the Falklands War, but said the Ministry of Defence would be "guided by the decisions the King makes". The move follows King Charles' decision to strip his brother of his peerages and the title of prince on Thursday amid the continuing fallout of the Epstein scandal.
The former BBC anchor who famously grilled Prince Andrew about his scandalous friendship with Jeffrey Epstein revealed Tuesday that Prince William threatened to remove the royal titles of Andrew's daughters unless their disgraced father finally agreed to leave Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion he and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, occupy near Windsor Castle. Emily Maitlis said on her The News Agents podcast that the heir to the throne apparently met with his cousins, Princess Beatrice
In this article King Charles III acted briskly - as briskly as a Windsor ever does - and rather ruthlessly in dealing with his embattled brother. The king declared he was stripping Andrew of his "prince" title and that he would soon be leaving his Windsor lodgings. The fine print - that Andrew supposedly had an ironclad lease on Royal Lodge or that as the son of Queen Elizabeth II he was born a prince - turned out to be pesky details.
But to Lownie, speaking on the Daily Mail's Deep Dive podcast, what's even more concerning is that the whole system protected and enabled Andrew, starting at the top. Yes, Lownie said that the late Queen Elizabeth II would have known about her reported favorite son's leisure-time activities on his international trips, including his sexual exploits in Thailand. No, no. She knew exactly what was going on, said Lownie, author of the new book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.
MPs could debate Prince Andrew's conduct, his 30-room mansion and the possibility of stripping him of his dukedom. The Government has so far refused to allocate time in the House of Commons for MPs to discuss Andrew's situation because the royal family wants Parliament to focus on important issues. But the issue could be raised on one of the days when ministers are not in control of the parliamentary timetable.
