It's official! Letters Patent Issued regarding Andrew Windsor

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Letters Patent have been issued officially removing the title of prince and style of HRH from Andrew Windsor.

So, it was that quick and easy to do!

https://news.sky.com/story/andrews-titles-formally-removed-by-the-king-13464744

As you say quick and easy. I'm predicting that something massive is about to be reported about AMW because I honestly don't believe that the King being heckled by one member of the public was the only trigger to AMW having his titles removed.

I'm with you.

Having to do this is pretty catastrophic from the RF's point of view.

After telling us how difficult it was, and that they didn't want to be seen to waste parliamentary time with something so unimportant...it actually transpires it's pretty simple, and wastes nobody's time at all.

Some of us will remember this the next time one of the RF puts a little toe wrong.

Essentially fired from all royal duties and HRH benefits for gross misconduct & unfit for office.

This is a work around to avoid the long formal process which was needed to actually remove his title but keep it extant. Parliament gave it and they needed to remove it that way.

What the King has done is remove the title completely, it no longer exists therefore Andrew can't have it. Much quicker but means that a very old title no longer exists.

Mind you who would have wanted it!

The Letters Patent have removed his HRH and his princedom.

The article isn't about his dukedom, so this isn't a workaround for that.

I misread it.

In that case my answer why it isn't simple is that this is a pretty big precedent to set in a country run by precedent. No wonder it took a while.

It took a while because the King didn't want to do it, and until after the disastrous statement issued by his brother, didn't feel there was a need to do it. He thought Andrew's statement would be enough to quell dissent. And yes it does set an unwelcome (to them) precedent.

The action of carrying it out, however, was, as I said, extremely quick and easy.

It took a while because the King didn’t want to do it. If he could have closed ranks he would have done.

He looks like Beaker … same could be said for Harry!

Any ideas…I mean, how much lower can he go?

My only interest is in hoping, without real expectation, that people pronounce “patent” correctly i.e. with a short “a”.

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BBC news are reporting he's been invited to Congress to answer questions about his involvement with Epstein.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjrm87731mo

Me too…

Said in the Times Charles has said he can keep his Falklands medal. Maybe AMW will hang it round his favourite teddy bear’s neck, that sits on his bed with the other seventy teddies.

Well too late. Also he will still continue having timers right?

Interesting. It must be strange for him but absolutely the right decision. Finally.

Is parliament going to do what it needs to do to remove the Dukedom? Will it effectively return to the monarch?

It seems the one thing left is for Andrew to renounce his place in the succession but I can't think that there's any way to force him to do that.

Place mark

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15345087/Royal-Family-inquiry-Crown-Estate-properties-Andrew-Mountbatten-Windsor-peppercorn-rent.html

Sounds to me like something the RF will be very keen to shut down, Mylovelygreendress, and doubtless representations/arrangements will be being made as we write

On the BBC this was also attached to remarks that "in all likelihood" Andrew won't receive compensation for leaving Royal Lodge early - and never mind that they headed the piece with "Andrew won't get any money back" (my underlining)