Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been officially stripped of his last remaining royal titles amid controversy surrounding his relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
King Charles has ordered his membership of the Order of the Garter, to which he was appointed in 2006, to be stripped.
Records published in London newspaper shows
Last month, the 65-year-old was stripped of his HRH style and princely title. He still retains his rank as a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy – but Defense Secretary John Healey has said it will be reviewed with Buckingham Palace.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s role in the family came to a scandalous end amid growing concerns about his relationship with Epstein. After the palace announced that he would lose all his royal titles, it also said he would leave his royal lodge residence.
Following an agreement on 30 October, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s titles were officially removed on 1 December.
The announcement reads: “The King has ordered that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated 23 April 2006, be revoked and his name stricken from the register.”
The King has ordered that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victoria, dated 19 February 2011, be revoked and his name stricken from the register.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s coat of arms has already been moved from St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
Her HRH style and title of Prince were both stripped by the King in early November.
Andrew’s association with Epstein put enormous pressure on the royal family to act. After the palace announced that Andrew would lose all his royal titles, he announced that he would be leaving his 30-room mansion in Windsor.
He had already agreed to stop using his titles, but expected to remain a prince and retain his dukedom.
The damaging allegations include that he tried to get the Metropolitan Police to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against Epstein’s late accuser Virginia Guiffre, who died earlier this year.
A posthumous memoir by Giuffre was published this year, in which she repeated claims that she had sex with Andrew on three separate occasions as a teenager. He has strongly denied these allegations.
Emails from 2011 were also released in October showing Andrew in contact with Epstein months after they allegedly ended their relationship.
Unsealed court documents show Andrew told Epstein it would be “good for me to call him in person” months after he was released from prison for soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution with a minor.
He is now facing increasing pressure from US lawmakers to answer questions about his documented friendship with Epstein. Some Democrats had already suggested he could speak via video link with an attorney present.
