Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been formally stripped of his last remaining royal titles following controversy over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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 in The London Gazette show.
Last month, the 65-year-old was stripped of both his HRH style and his prince title. He still retains his rank as a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy – but defence minister John Healey has said this is being looked at with Buckingham Palace.
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s role in the family came to an end over growing concerns about his association with Epstein. After the Palace announced that he would lose all his royal titles, it also said he would leave his Royal Lodge residence.
The entry in The Gazette, the UK’s official public record, on Monday, under the heading Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, read: “THE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated 23 April 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.
“THE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, dated 19 February 2011, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.”
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s coat of arms has already been moved from St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
The former duke has faced allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein. He strenuously denies the accusations.
He stepped down from royal duties in 2019 after a Newsnight interview, but the publication of Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs, and the US government’s release of documents from Epstein’s estate has brought fresh focus on Andrew in recent weeks.
The Order of the Garter is the country’s oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry and the honour is awarded in recognition of public service – with recipients personally chosen by the monarch.
The Royal Victorian Order is also in the personal gift of the sovereign and recognises service to the monarch.
He is set to move from Royal Lodge in Windsor to the King’s private Sandringham estate in Norfolk in the new year.
