King Charles formally strips Andrew of HRH model and prince title

[ad_1] King Charles has formally stripped the previous Duke of York, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor , of his HRH model and his prince title.

Charles formally made the adjustments, which have been introduced per week in the past, by issuing a letters patent beneath the Nice Seal of the Realm, which the Crown Workplace revealed within the Gazette, the UK’s official public document.

The entry, revealed on Wednesday, learn: “The king has been happy by letters patent beneath the Nice Seal of the Realm dated 3 November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall not be entitled to carry and benefit from the model, title or attribute of ‘Royal Highness’ and the titular dignity of ‘Prince’.”

One other entry confirmed Mountbatten Windsor’s elimination from the roll of peerage because the Duke of York. It learn: “The king has been happy by warrant beneath his royal signal handbook dated 30 October 2025 to direct his secretary of state to trigger the Duke of York to be faraway from the roll of the peerage with rapid impact.”

The king’s choice to take away his sibling’s birthright and dukedom adopted rising controversy over Mountbatten Windsor’s hyperlinks to the convicted little one intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein , together with that attributable to the posthumous publication of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir.

Giuffre alleged that the previous prince had sexually abused her after she was trafficked by Epstein, claims Mountbatten Windsor has at all times strenuously denied.

The king selected to take away Mountbatten Windsor’s titles utilizing his royal prerogative – powers recognised as held by the monarch - after session with Cupboard Workplace officers, relatively than by parliamentary means.

Letters patent are devices of that prerogative, together with royal warrants, which the monarch makes use of to bestow titles and honours. As a result of the HRH model is conferred by letters patent beneath the royal prerogative, it may be eliminated by the identical instrument.

After Buckingham Palace’s announcement per week in the past, the lord chancellor, David Lammy, was instructed by royal warrant to ready the paperwork essential for the elimination of the titles.

The king’s choice, which additionally consists of Mountbatten Windsor giving discover on his lease on Royal Lodge, the 30-room Crown Property property in Windsor the place he has lived for twenty years, was totally supported by the federal government.

It was confirmed on Wednesday that Mountbatten Windsor would be allowed to retain his South Atlantic medal awarded for his service as a Sea King helicopter co-pilot through the Falklands battle.